- Provinces of Flanders
The
Fleming s live mainly in theFlemish Region (covering 13,522 km² and containing over 300 municipalities) and in theBrussels-Capital Region . Flanders is divided into 5 provinces that form theFlemish Region (as defined in the Belgian constitution). In Brussels, the Flemings have their own community institutions (alongside French-speaking ones).Five provinces of the Flemish region:
# Antwerp (Dutch: "Antwerpen")
# Limburg ("Limburg")
#East Flanders ("Oost-Vlaanderen")
#Flemish Brabant ("Vlaams-Brabant")
#West Flanders ("West-Vlaanderen")When the former province of Brabant was split, the regional institutions of the Brussels capital region also acquired 99% of the provincial competencies in the area. One says that the Brussels region falls outside the provinces. The remaining provincial institutions are limited to a governor and a deputy-governor.
In Brussels, the Flemish government is also responsible for all "community"-legal matters (e.g. education and culture in Dutch). The "
Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie " (VGC) is the Flemish council in the Brussels-Capital Region for these matters. The VGC therefore acts as an intermediary administration level, parallel to the administrations of the 5 provinces, but very different in nature.See also
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Flanders
*Flemish Community
*Flemish Region
*Brussels-Capital Region
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