Flanders

Summary

Flanders is an ethnic territory^[1]. Flanders has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Flanders is in the country of Belgium^[3].
• Flanders is in the country of France^[4].
• Flanders is in the country of Netherlands^[5].
• Flanders is on the continent of Europe^[6].
• Flanders's instance of is recorded as ethnic territory^[7].
• Flanders's Commons category is recorded as Flanders^[8].
• Flanders's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51, 'lon': 4.5}^[9].
• Flanders's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Flanders^[10].
• Flanders's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[11].
• Flanders's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• Flanders's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[13].
• Flanders's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[14].
• Flanders's category for people who died here is recorded as Q55909543^[15].
• Flanders's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'nl-be', 'text': 'Vlaanderen'}^[16].
• Flanders's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'vls', 'text': 'Vloandern'}^[17].
• Flanders's category for people buried here is recorded as Category:Burials in Flanders^[18].
• Flanders's different from is recorded as Flemish Region^[19].
• Flanders's different from is recorded as Flemish Community^[20].
• Flanders's different from is recorded as County of Flanders^[21].
• Flanders's different from is recorded as Flemish Republic^[22].
• Flanders's history of topic is recorded as history of Flanders^[23].
• Flanders's language used is recorded as West Flemish^[24].
• Flanders's language used is recorded as Flemish Dutch^[25].
• Flanders's language used is recorded as Flemish Sign Language^[26].
• Flanders's category for maps or plans is recorded as Category:Maps of Flanders^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Belgium^[3], a sovereign state^[28], in Belgium^[29], founded in 1830^[30]; France^[4], a sovereign state^[31], in France^[32], founded in 0843^[33]; and Netherlands^[5], a country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands^[34], in Kingdom of the Netherlands^[35], founded in 1795^[36]. Flanders is on the continent of Europe^[6].

Designation and Status

Flanders's instance of is recorded as ethnic territory^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Flanders include Flemish Region^[37], a region of Belgium^[38], in Belgium^[39], founded in 1980^[40]; Flemish Ardennes^[41], a mountain range^[42], in Belgium^[43]; Zeelandic Flanders^[44], a region^[45], in Netherlands^[46]; Flandres Bay^[47], a bay^[48]; A Dog of Flanders^[49], a literary work^[50], written by Ouida^[51]; Flamenpolitik^[52], a political concept^[53], in Belgium^[54]; Flemish Movement^[55], a political movement^[56], in Belgium^[57]; and Cobbled classics^[58], a group of sports competitions^[59], in Belgium^[60].

Why It Matters

Flanders has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Flanders is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[61]

Entities named for Flanders include Flemish Region^[37], a region of Belgium^[38], in Belgium^[39], founded in 1980^[40]; Flemish Ardennes^[41], a mountain range^[42], in Belgium^[43]; Zeelandic Flanders^[44], a region^[45], in Netherlands^[46]; Flandres Bay^[47], a bay^[48]; A Dog of Flanders^[49], a literary work^[50], written by Ouida^[51]; and Flamenpolitik^[52], a political concept^[53], in Belgium^[54].