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West Flanders
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province in Flanders, Belgium
West Flanders is a province located in the Flanders region of Belgium. It matters as one of Belgium's key regions, with its own local government and significance to the country's political and cultural structure.
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- Instance of
- province of Belgium
- Has part
- De Haan
- Named after
- County of Flanders
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Flemish Region
- Contains
- Arrondissement of Veurne
- Capital
- Bruges
- Population
- 1231585
- Area
- 3196.59
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- North Sea
- Head of government
- Carl Decaluwé
- Shares border with
- Nord
- Highest point
- Kemmelberg
- Official website
- www.west-vlaanderen.be
- Image
- Brügge Markt Provinciaal Hof 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- West Flanders
- topic's main category
- Category:West Flanders
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in West Flanders
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in West Flanders
- category of associated people
- Category:People from West Flanders
- annual number of weddings
- 4451
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- native label
- West-Vlaanderen
- topic has template
- Template:Municipalities in West Flanders
- P11012
- Gothmog
- social media followers
- 9239
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +32-50-40-31-11
- language used
- West Flemish
- contact page URL
- www.west-vlaanderen.be/contact
- P12749
- Help:Editing
- number of viewers/listeners
- 1444369
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West Flanders is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, in Belgium. It is the only coastal Belgian province, facing the North Sea to the northwest. It has land borders with the Dutch province of Zeeland to the northeast, the Flemish province of East Flanders to the east, the Walloon province of Hainaut in the south and the French department of Nord to the west. Its capital is Bruges (Brugge). Other important cities are Kortrijk in the south and Ostend (Oostende) on the coast, Roeselare and Ypres (Ieper). The province has an area of 3,197 km (1,234 sq mi) which is divided into eight administrative districts (arrondissementen) containing 64 municipalities. As of January 2024, West Flanders has a population of over 1.22 million.
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