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West Flanders (Dutch: West-Vlaanderen) is the westernmost province of Flanders and of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Netherlands, the Belgian provinces of East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen) and Hainaut (Henegouwen), France and the North Sea. Its capital is Bruges (Brugge). It has a surface area of 3151 km² and is divided into eight administrative districts (arrondissementen) which contain 64 municipalities. The whole Belgian North Sea coast, an important destination for tourism in Belgium, is in West Flanders. There is a tram line along the whole coast: De Panne - Ostend (Oostende) - Knokke-Heist. Bruges District: Beernem Blankenberge Brugge/Bruges Damme Jabbeke Knokke-Heist Oostkamp Torhout Zedelgem Zuienkerke Courtrai District: Anzegem Avelgem Kortrijk/Courtrai Deerlijk Harelbeke Kuurne Lendelede Menen Spiere-Helkijn Waregem Wevelgem Zwevegem Diksmuide District: Diksmuide Houthulst Koekelare Kortemark Lo-Reninge Ostend District: Bredene De Haan Gistel Ichtegem Middelkerke Oostende/Ostend Oudenburg Roeselare District: Hooglede Ingelmunster Izegem Ledegem Lichtervelde Moorslede Roeselare Staden Tielt District: Ardooie Dentergem Meulebeke Oostrozebeke Pittem Ruiselede Tielt Wielsbeke Wingene Veurne District: Alveringem De Panne Koksijde Nieuwpoort Veurne Ypres District: Heuvelland Langemark-Poelkapelle Mesen Poperinge Vleteren Wervik Ieper/Ypres Zonnebeke Alphabetic, map key: 1. Alveringem 2. Anzegem 3. Ardooie 4. Avelgem 5. Beernem 6. Blankenberge 7. Bredene 8. Brugge 9. Damme 10. De Haan 11. De Panne 12. Deerlijk 13. Dentergem 14. Diksmuide 15. Gistel 16. Harelbeke 17. Heuvelland 18. Hooglede 19. Houthulst 20. Ichtegem 21. Ieper 22. Ingelmunster 23. Izegem 24. Jabbeke 25. Knokke-Heist 26. Koekelare 27. Koksijde 28. Kortemark 29. Kortrijk 30. Kuurne 31. Langemark-Poelkapelle 32. Ledegem 33. Lendelede 34. Lichtervelde 35. Lo-Reninge 36. Menen 37. Mesen 38. Meulebeke 39. Middelkerke 40. Moorslede 41. Nieuwpoort 42. Oostende 43. Oostkamp 44. Oostrozebeke 45. Oudenburg 46. Pittem 47. Poperinge 48. Roeselare 49. Ruiselede 60. Spiere-Helkijn 51. Staden 52. Tielt 53. Torhout 54. Veurne 55. Vleteren 56. Waregem 57. Wervik 58. Wevelgem 59. Wielsbeke 50. Wingene 61. Zedelgem 62. Zonnebeke 63. Zuienkerke 64. Zwevegem Communities, regions and provinces of Belgium Communities: French Community of Belgium | Flemish Community in Belgium | German-speaking community of Belgium Regions and provinces: Flanders: Antwerp | East Flanders | Flemish Brabant | Limburg | West Flanders Wallonia: Hainaut | Liège | Luxembourg | Namur | Walloon Brabant Brussels-Capital Region Categories: Provinces of Belgium

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	Search Encyclopedia.com (280 words) Flanders, French Flanders, French, region of N France, on the North Sea and along the Belgian border. Flanders Flandersflăn´derz, former county in the Low Countries, extending along the North Sea and W of the Scheldt (Escaut) River. Henry of Flanders Henry of Flanders, c.1174-1216, Latin emperor of Constantinople (1206-16), brother and successor of Emperor Baldwin I. The ablest and most respected of the Latin emperors, he fought successfully against the Bulgarians and with varying success against Emperor Theodore I of Nicaea. FLANDERS - LoveToKnow Article on FLANDERS (4476 words) West Flanders is the portion bordering the North Sea, and its coast-line extends from the French to the Dutch frontier for a little over 40 m. East Flanders lies east and north-east of the western province, and extends northwards to the neighborhood of Antwerp. In his time the long contest between Flanders and Holland for the possession of the island of Zeeland was brought to an end by a treaty signed on the 6th of March 1323, by which West Zeeland was assigned to the count of Holland, the rest to the count of Flanders.
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