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    Illustré, 1952. French Flanders Ethnologue Report for West Flemish Flemish in France Wikimedia Commons has media related to French Flanders. The Extent of...
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    into two smaller regions: Walloon Flanders and Maritime Flanders (Westhoek). The first region was predominantly French-speaking already in the 1600s, the...
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    British launched an offensive in Flanders, in part to take the pressure off the French armies on the Aisne, after the French part of the Nivelle Offensive...
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    stretched north into Zeelandic Flanders in what is now the Netherlands, and deep into French-speaking northern France. Today, "Flanders" is a term referring to...
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    Moeskroen (that belonged to West Flanders until 1962) France: French Flanders (in the Nord departement) the French westcorner: the region around Dunkirk...
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    Flanders and East Flanders as well as the French department of Nord, part of which makes up the area known as French Flanders. The name Flanders Fields is particularly...
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    of Gaul). The historical French provinces that preceded Nord are French Flanders, French Hainaut (part of Hainaut and Flanders is in the Kingdom of Belgium)...
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  • Netherlands French Flanders French Netherlands Isogloss Nord-Pas de Calais Seventeen Provinces Lambrechts, Toon (10 September 2014). "French Flemish: group...
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  • The count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders, beginning in the 9th century. Later, the title would be held for a time, by...
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  • historically, Flanders also covers parts of France and The Netherlands but may also refer to: Flanders, Louisiana, USA Flanders, Michigan, USA Flanders, New Jersey...
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    the French border to Knokke-Heist on the Dutch border. West Flanders has two seaports, the Port of Zeebrugge and the Port of Ostend. West Flanders consists...
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    Flemish dialects (category Flanders)
    the former County of Flanders, i.e. the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders, Zeelandic Flanders and French Flanders An indication of the...
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    Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and most of the French departments of Nord (French Flanders and French Hainaut) and Pas-de-Calais (Artois). Also within...
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    work, discarded it. "In Flanders Fields" was first published on December 8 of that year in the London magazine Punch. Flanders Fields is a common English...
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    official symbol. The flag of Flanders is described as Or, a lion rampant armed and langued Gules. Coat of arms of Flanders List of Belgian flags Flag of...
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  • Matilda was born into the House of Flanders, the only daughter of Count Baldwin V of Flanders and Adela of France. Flanders was of strategic importance to...
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    [ˈʋɛstˌɦuk] ; French pronunciation: [wɛstuk]; Dutch for "west corner") or Maritime Flanders (French: Flandre maritime) is a region in Belgium and France and includes...
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    Belgium Count of Flanders De Vlaamse Leeuw Flanders Flemish Provinces of Belgium French: Région flamande; German: Flämische Region French: Flandre [flɑ̃dʁ];...
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    Flanders joined the Union of Utrecht. In 1678, Walloon Flanders was annexed to France after the Treaties of Nijmegen. Together with Maritime Flanders...
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    greater political autonomy for Flanders within Belgium. It also encompasses nationalists who seek the secession of Flanders from Belgium, either through...
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  • Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (died 1067). Their children were: Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders (c. 1030–1070) Matilda of Flanders (c. 1032–1083). In c...
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  • of Flanders (French: Bataille des Flandres) is the name of several battles fought in Flanders during the First World War: First Battle of Flanders (19...
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    Languages of Belgium (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    balance one another for native French and Dutch speakers. A large French-speaking population lives around Brussels, in Flanders, though by geography is considered...
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    Lille (redirect from Lille, France)
    LEEL; French: [lil] ; Dutch: Rijsel [ˈrɛisəl]; Picard: Lile; West Flemish: Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned...
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    Flemish stew (category Articles with French-language sources (fr))
    juniper berries. In the East and West Flanders provinces, often dried prunes will be added while stewing. In French, a carbon(n)ade may also be a dish of...
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    in French Flanders. France has long been a patchwork of local customs and regional differences, and while most French people still speak the French language...
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    Counts of Flanders, from 864 to 1792, when the county of Flanders was annexed by France after the French Revolution. Arms of the House of Flanders Arms of...
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  • when they both began serving as part of a Red Cross ambulance unit in French Flanders. Maugham, and to a lesser extent Haxton, had been affected by the trial...
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    Dunkirk (redirect from Dunkirk, France)
    1482, Maximilian retained Flanders according to the terms of the 1482 Treaty of Arras. Dunkirk, along with the rest of Flanders, was incorporated into the...
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  • the War of the First Coalition (1792–1795) during the French Revolutionary War Battle of Flanders (disambiguation), any of a series of battles in the First...
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