Flanders (/ ˈflɑːndərz / FLAHN-dərz[a] or / ˈflændərz / FLAN-dərz; [b] Dutch: Vlaanderen [ˈvlaːndərə (n)] ⓘ) [c] is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium.

The history of Flanders concerns not only the modern Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, which is now called "Flanders" (Dutch: Vlaanderen), but also several neighbouring territories and populations. Its historical core territory was in western Belgium between the …

Flanders, region that constitutes the northern half of Belgium. Along with the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region, the self-governing Flemish Region was created during the federalization of Belgium, largely along ethnolinguistic lines, in the 1980s and ’90s.

Flanders, medieval principality in the southwest of the Low Countries, now included in the French département of Nord (q.v.), the Belgian provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders (qq.v.), and the Dutch province of Zeeland (q.v.).

The Flemish Region (Dutch: Vlaams Gewest, pronounced [ˌvlaːms xəˈʋɛst] ⓘ), [a] [b] usually simply referred to as Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen [ˈvlaːndərə(n)] ⓘ), [c] is one of the three regions of Belgium—alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region. [5]

Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen, French: Anvers, German: Flandern, Limburgish: Vlaondere, West Flemish: Vloandern) or Flemish Region (Dutch: Vlaams Gewest), is the Dutch-speaking northern part of Belgium.

Flanders is the name of the political community of the Flemish (or Flemings), located in the northern part of present-day Belgium (see dark pink area on the map). It consists of five provinces : West Flanders, East Flanders, Antwerp, Flemish Brabant and Limburg.

Flanders is packed with heritage, from stylish Antwerp, picture-perfect Bruges, the capital Brussels and best-kept secret Ghent to cosy Leuven and Mechelen.