Flemish people

Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders
Intangible ethnic_group Q242485
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Flemish people

Summary

Flemish people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,516 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Flemish people is in the country of Belgium[3].
  • Flemish people is in the country of France[4].
  • Flemish people is in the country of Netherlands[5].
  • Flemish people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[6].
  • Flemish people's ancestral home is recorded as Flanders[7].
  • Flemish people is a type of Germanic people[8].
  • Flemish people is a type of Western Europeans[9].
  • Flemish people's Commons category is recorded as Flemish people[10].
  • Flemish people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Flemish people[11].
  • Flemish people's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[12].
  • Flemish people's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Flemish people's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Flemish people's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Flemish Dutch[15].
  • Flemish people's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Flemish Sign Language[16].
  • Flemish people's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as West Flemish[17].
  • Flemish people's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'nl-be', 'text': 'Vlamingen'}[18].
  • Flemish people's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'vls', 'text': 'Vloamiengn'}[19].
  • Flemish people's different from is recorded as Q50356846[20].

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Definition and Type

Flemish people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[6]. Recorded subclass of include Germanic people[8] and Western Europeans[9].

Influence

Things named for Flemish people include Flemish Community[21], a community of Belgium[22], in Belgium[23], founded in 1980[24] and Fläming Heath[25], a hill chain[26], in Germany[27].

Why It Matters

Flemish people ranks in the top 2% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,516 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for it include Flemish Community[21], a community of Belgium[22], in Belgium[23], founded in 1980[24] and Fläming Heath[25], a hill chain[26], in Germany[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of ethnic group
    Country Belgium, France, Netherlands
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 5673912
    Ancestral home Flanders
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6319, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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