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Encyclopedia > Flanders (disambiguation)

Flanders can have the following meanings:


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People: Flemings (Dutch: Vlamingen) are inhabitants of Flanders in the widest sense of the term, i. ... This article is about the Belgian region Flanders and the eponymous historical region of the Low Countries. ... The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the countries (see Country) on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse (Maas) rivers. ... This article deals with the historical county of Flanders, for present-day Flanders see Flanders The geographical region and former county of Flanders contains not only the two Belgian provinces but also the present-day French département of Nord, in parts of which there is still a Flemish-speaking... Flanders is the name of two places in the State of Connecticut in the United States of America: Flanders, Litchfield County, Connecticut Flanders, New London County, Connecticut This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Litchfield County is located in the northwestern corner of the state of Connecticut. ... New London County is located in the southeastern corner of the state of Connecticut. ... Flanders is a settlement located in southwest Morris County in New Jersey, United States, in Mount Olive township. ... Flanders is a census-designated place located in Suffolk County, New York. ...

Other uses: State nickname: Pelican State Official languages English and French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans at last official government census, but probably Baton Rouge since Hurricane Katrina Governor Kathleen Blanco (D) Senators Mary Landrieu (D) David Vitter (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 31st 134,382 km² 16 Population  - Total... A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Jean Ray, pseudomym of Jean Raymond Marie de Kremer, is a Belgian French language writer of the fantastique. ... Michael Henry Flanders (March 1, 1922 - April 14, 1975) was a British actor, broadcaster, and writer and performer of comic songs. ... Flanders and Swann were British actor and singer Michael Flanders and composer and linguist Donald Swann who joined forces to write and perform comic songs in the two-man revues At The Drop Of A Hat and At The Drop Of Another Hat. ... ...


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County of Flanders - The Encyclopedia (988 words)
The county of Flanders was formally established as a feudal fief in the year 862 by Charles the Bald, king of francia occidentalis.
The county of Flanders remained a fief of France for its western territories, and a lordship of the Holy Roman Empire for its eastern territories.
In 1526, Francis I of France ceded the county of Flanders to Charles V, of the Holy Roman Empire in the Treaty of Madrid.
Flanders (5393 words)
In most present-day contexts however, the term Flanders is generally taken to refer to either the political, social, cultural and linguistic community (and the corresponding official institution, the Flemish Community), or the geographical area, one of the three institutional regions in Belgium, namely the Flemish Region.
Flanders (and Belgium as a whole) saw some of the greatest loss of life on the Western Front of the First World War, in particular from the three battles of Ypres.
Flanders was one of the first continental European areas to undergo the Industrial Revolution, in the 19th century.
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