Vlaanderen
(in Dutch: Vlaanderen)
Area : 13 522 km²
Population : 5 940 251 inhabitants (2000)
- 95,13% Flemings
- 4,87% foreigners
- 2,70% EU citizens (1,20% Dutch, 0,422% Italian, 0,28% French, 0,21% British...)
- 2,17% non-EU citizens (0,76% Morrocaan, 0,62% Turk...)
Languages : Dutch (official); Flemish, Brabantish, Limburgish (unofficial)
National anthem : De Vlaamse Leeuw
National feast day : 11th July
Capital : Brussel (the capital needs to be relocated within
Vlaanderen)
Political status : sovereign since 1993 as the Flemish Region of
Belgium
Parlement (13-JUN-1999)
: 118 members (28 Christelijke Volkspartij, 27 Vlaamse Liberalen
en Democraten, 20 Vlaams Blok, 19 Socialistische
Partij, 12 Anders Gaan Leven , 11 Volksunie-ID21, 1 Union
des Francophones)
Site of the federal state of Belgium
Independentist movement : Vlaams Blok, Vlaamse Volksbeweging, eLandnet
Regionalist movement : Volksunie
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