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Campine
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Also known as Kempen

thumb|Maps of de Kempen (Belgium and the Netherlands) thumb|Nature reservation "de Teut" in the Campine municipality of Zonhoven, on the southern edge of the Campine. thumb|Map showing location of the Hoge Kempen National Park, at the southeastern extremity of the Campine. thumb|The natural regions of Belgium. Campine continues into the Netherlands, not shown here. The Campine () or Kempen () is a natural region situated chiefly in north-eastern Belgium and parts of the south-eastern Netherlands which once consisted mainly of extensive moors, tracts of sandy heath, and wetlands. It encompasses

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Instance of
area
Demonym
Kempenaar
Located in
Flemish Brabant
Image
Teut104.jpg
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Commons category
Kempen (region)
described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Culture
  • History
  • Urbanization
  • 19th century
  • 20th century
  • Environment
  • Trivia
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

thumb|Maps of de Kempen (Belgium and the Netherlands) thumb|Nature reservation "de Teut" in the Campine municipality of Zonhoven, on the southern edge of the Campine. thumb|Map showing location of the Hoge Kempen National Park, at the southeastern extremity of the Campine. thumb|The natural regions of Belgium. Campine continues into the Netherlands, not shown here. The Campine () or Kempen () is a natural region situated chiefly in north-eastern Belgium and parts of the south-eastern Netherlands which once consisted mainly of extensive moors, tracts of sandy heath, and wetlands. It encompasses a large northern and eastern portion of Antwerp Province and adjacent parts of Limburg in Belgium, as well as portions of the Dutch province of North Brabant (area southwest of Eindhoven) and Dutch Limburg around Weert.

The Medieval Latin name Campania, firstly attested in the mid-11th century by a monk of Saint-Trond named Stepelinus, stems from the root kamp- ('field') attached to the suffix -injo, denoting the uncultivated or the virgin fields.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Campine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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