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Flanders / Vlaanderen / Vloandern

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In the Middle Ages, Flanders formed a county which extended over the present day: Belgian provinces of West and East Flanders, French regions of
French Flanders in the department NoedPas de Calais and parts of neighboring departments, Dutch region of Zeelandic Flanders (Zeeuws-Vlaanderen)
in the province of Zeeland.

In contemporary Belgium, there is a pressure to consider Flanders as the country of the Flemings rather than just a region of Belgium.
There, for the last few decades, the Flemish Community have their own political institutions: the parliament and the goverment.

Nevertheless, there is a quite strong sentiment for breaking away from Belgium and forming an independent Flemish State.
The main proponent of such a solution is Vlaams Belang (Flemish Intrests) movement gaining more and more popularity in Flanders.
Area: 13.522 sq km
Pop: 6.252.000
Cap: Antwerp

Description
Flanders / Vlaanderen / Vloandern

Wiki[link]

In the Middle Ages, Flanders formed a county which extended over the present day: Belgian provinces of West and East Flanders, French regions of
French Flanders in the department NoedPas de Calais and parts of neighboring departments, Dutch region of Zeelandic Flanders (Zeeuws-Vlaanderen)
in the province of Zeeland.

In contemporary Belgium, there is a pressure to consider Flanders as the country of the Flemings rather than just a region of Belgium.
There, for the last few decades, the Flemish Community have their own political institutions: the parliament and the goverment.

Nevertheless, there is a quite strong sentiment for breaking away from Belgium and forming an independent Flemish State.
The main proponent of such a solution is Vlaams Belang (Flemish Intrests) movement gaining more and more popularity in Flanders.
Area: 13.522 sq km
Pop: 6.252.000
Cap: Antwerp