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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arrondissements"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Arrondissements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arrondissements-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Judicial_arrondissements" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Judicial_arrondissements"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Judicial arrondissements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Judicial_arrondissements-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Municipalities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Municipalities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Municipalities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Municipalities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" 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vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button 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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinz_Westflandern" title="Provinz Westflandern – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Provinz Westflandern" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="فلاندرز الغربية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="فلاندرز الغربية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flandres_Occidental" title="Flandres Occidental – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Flandres Occidental" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_de_Flandes_Occidental" title="Provincia de Flandes Occidental – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Provincia de Flandes Occidental" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%C9%99rbi_Flandriya" title="Qərbi Flandriya – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Qərbi Flandriya" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flandria_Kauh" title="Flandria Kauh – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Flandria Kauh" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/West-Vlaanderen_S%C3%A9ng" title="West-Vlaanderen Séng – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="West-Vlaanderen Séng" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%8F_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Заходняя Фландрыя – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Заходняя Фландрыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%8F_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Заходняя Фляндрыя – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Заходняя Фляндрыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Западна Фландрия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Западна Фландрия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provi%C3%B1s_Korn%C3%B4g-Flandrez" title="Proviñs Kornôg-Flandrez – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Proviñs Kornôg-Flandrez" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flandes_Occidental" title="Flandes Occidental – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Flandes Occidental" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincie_West-Vlaanderen" title="Provincie West-Vlaanderen – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Provincie West-Vlaanderen" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1padn%C3%AD_Flandry" title="Západní Flandry – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Západní Flandry" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorllewin_Fflandrys" title="Gorllewin Fflandrys – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gorllewin Fflandrys" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestflandern" title="Vestflandern – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Vestflandern" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinz_Westflandern" title="Provinz Westflandern – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Provinz Westflandern" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4%C3%A4ne-Flandria_provints" title="Lääne-Flandria provints – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Lääne-Flandria provints" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%A6%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%B1" title="Δυτική Φλάνδρα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Δυτική Φλάνδρα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_de_Flandes_Occidental" title="Provincia de Flandes Occidental – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Provincia de Flandes Occidental" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okcidenta_Flandrio" title="Okcidenta Flandrio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Okcidenta Flandrio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendebaldeko_Flandria" title="Mendebaldeko Flandria – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Mendebaldeko Flandria" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="فلاندر غربی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فلاندر غربی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_de_Flandre-Occidentale" title="Province de Flandre-Occidentale – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Province de Flandre-Occidentale" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/West-Flaanderen" title="West-Flaanderen – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="West-Flaanderen" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flandres_Occidental" title="Flandres Occidental – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Flandres Occidental" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A0%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8%ED%94%8C%EB%9E%80%EB%8D%B0%EB%9F%B0%EC%A3%BC" title="베스트플란데런주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="베스트플란데런주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D6%87%D5%B4%D5%BF%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%96%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Արևմտյան Ֆլանդրիա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Արևմտյան Ֆլանդրիա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="वेस्ट फ्लैंडर्स – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="वेस्ट फ्लैंडर्स" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapadna_Flandrija" title="Zapadna Flandrija – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Zapadna Flandrija" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders_Barat" title="Flanders Barat – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Flanders Barat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%8B%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%8B%D0%BB%C3%A6%D0%BD_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Ныгуылæн Фландри – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Ныгуылæн Фландри" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestur-Fl%C3%A6mingjaland" title="Vestur-Flæmingjaland – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Vestur-Flæmingjaland" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_delle_Fiandre_Occidentali" title="Provincia delle Fiandre Occidentali – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia delle Fiandre Occidentali" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="დასავლეთი ფლანდრია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დასავლეთი ფლანდრია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%B4padn%C3%B4_Flandri%C3%B4" title="Zôpadnô Flandriô – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Zôpadnô Flandriô" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flandria_Occidentalis" title="Flandria Occidentalis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Flandria Occidentalis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rietumflandrija" title="Rietumflandrija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Rietumflandrija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prov%C3%ABnz_Westflandern" title="Provënz Westflandern – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Provënz Westflandern" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vakar%C5%B3_Flandrijos_provincija" title="Vakarų Flandrijos provincija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vakarų Flandrijos provincija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes-Vlaondere" title="Wes-Vlaondere – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Wes-Vlaondere" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyugat-Flandria" title="Nyugat-Flandria – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Nyugat-Flandria" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fjandri_tal-Punent" title="Fjandri tal-Punent – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Fjandri tal-Punent" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="पश्चिम फ्लांडर्स – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="पश्चिम फ्लांडर्स" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%87" title="فلاندر الغربيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="فلاندر الغربيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders_Barat" title="Flanders Barat – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Flanders Barat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/West-Vlaanderen" title="West-Vlaanderen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="West-Vlaanderen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfloandern" title="Westfloandern – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Westfloandern" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E5%B7%9E" title="ウェスト＝フランデレン州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ウェスト＝フランデレン州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prowins_Waastflandern" title="Prowins Waastflandern – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Prowins Waastflandern" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vest-Flandern" title="Vest-Flandern – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Vest-Flandern" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flandra_Occidentala" title="Flandra Occidentala – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Flandra Occidentala" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88%D8%B1%D8%B2" title="لیندا فلینڈرز – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="لیندا فلینڈرز" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/West-Flannern" title="West-Flannern – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="West-Flannern" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flandria_Zachodnia" title="Flandria Zachodnia – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Flandria Zachodnia" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flandres_Ocidental" title="Flandres Ocidental – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Flandres Ocidental" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A4%C3%9F%C3%9Fflaandere_(Provin%C3%9F)" title="Wäßßflaandere (Provinß) – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Wäßßflaandere (Provinß)" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flandra_de_Vest" title="Flandra de Vest – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Flandra de Vest" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Западная Фландрия – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Западная Фландрия" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A4%C3%A4st-Flandern" title="Wääst-Flandern – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Wääst-Flandern" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flandria_Per%C3%ABndimore" title="Flandria Perëndimore – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Flandria Perëndimore" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Flanders" title="West Flanders – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="West Flanders" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1padn%C3%A9_Fl%C3%A1msko" title="Západné Flámsko – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Západné Flámsko" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahodna_Flandrija" title="Zahodna Flandrija – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Zahodna Flandrija" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Западна Фландрија – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Западна Фландрија" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapadna_Flandrija" title="Zapadna Flandrija – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Zapadna Flandrija" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4nsi-Flanderi" title="Länsi-Flanderi – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Länsi-Flanderi" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4stflandern" title="Västflandern – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Västflandern" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81" title="மேற்கு பிளாண்டர்சு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="மேற்கு பிளாண்டர்சு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%8C" title="จังหวัดเวสต์ฟลานเดอส์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="จังหวัดเวสต์ฟลานเดอส์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat%C4%B1_Flandre" title="Batı Flandre – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Batı Flandre" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Західна Фландрія – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Західна Фландрія" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%88%D8%B1%D8%B2" title="مغربی فلانڈرز – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="مغربی فلانڈرز" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/West-Vlaanderen" title="West-Vlaanderen – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="West-Vlaanderen" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ves%C3%BCda%E2%B8%97Flan%C3%A4n" title="Vesüda⸗Flanän – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Vesüda⸗Flanän" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_di_Flande_co%C3%BBtchantrece" title="Province di Flande coûtchantrece – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Province di Flande coûtchantrece" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/West-Vloandern" title="West-Vloandern – West Flemish" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="West-Vloandern" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West Flemish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/West-Vlaanderen" title="West-Vlaanderen – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="West-Vlaanderen" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E4%BD%9B%E5%85%B0%E5%BE%B7%E7%9C%81" title="西佛兰德省 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="西佛兰德省" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a 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.infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">West Flanders</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">West-Vlaanderen</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>)</span><br /><span title="West Flemish-language text"><i lang="vls">West-Vloandern</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/West_Flemish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="West Flemish language">West Flemish</a>)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Belgium" title="Provinces of Belgium">Province</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_West_Flanders.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of West Flanders"><img alt="Flag of West Flanders" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Flag_of_West_Flanders.svg/100px-Flag_of_West_Flanders.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Flag_of_West_Flanders.svg/150px-Flag_of_West_Flanders.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Flag_of_West_Flanders.svg/200px-Flag_of_West_Flanders.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wapen_van_West-Vlaanderen.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of West Flanders"><img alt="Coat of arms of West Flanders" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Wapen_van_West-Vlaanderen.svg/100px-Wapen_van_West-Vlaanderen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Wapen_van_West-Vlaanderen.svg/150px-Wapen_van_West-Vlaanderen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Wapen_van_West-Vlaanderen.svg/200px-Wapen_van_West-Vlaanderen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1487" data-file-height="893" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Flanders.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official logo of West Flanders"><img alt="Official logo of West Flanders" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/West_Flanders.svg/120px-West_Flanders.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="43" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/West_Flanders.svg/180px-West_Flanders.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/West_Flanders.svg/240px-West_Flanders.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="359" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link"><a href="/wiki/Brandmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Brandmark">Brandmark</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Provincie_West-Vlaanderen_in_Belgium.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of West Flanders"><img alt="Location of West Flanders" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Provincie_West-Vlaanderen_in_Belgium.svg/250px-Provincie_West-Vlaanderen_in_Belgium.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Provincie_West-Vlaanderen_in_Belgium.svg/375px-Provincie_West-Vlaanderen_in_Belgium.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Provincie_West-Vlaanderen_in_Belgium.svg/500px-Provincie_West-Vlaanderen_in_Belgium.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1136" data-file-height="988" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=West_Flanders&params=51_00_N_03_00_E_region:BE-VLG_type:adm2st"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°00′N</span> <span class="longitude">03°00′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.000°N 3.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.000; 3.000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Flag_of_Flanders.svg/23px-Flag_of_Flanders.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Flag_of_Flanders.svg/35px-Flag_of_Flanders.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Flag_of_Flanders.svg/45px-Flag_of_Flanders.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="941" data-file-height="627" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(and largest city)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bruges" title="Bruges">Bruges</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_West_Flanders" title="Governor of West Flanders">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Decaluw%C3%A9" title="Carl Decaluwé">Carl Decaluwé</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,197 km<sup>2</sup> (1,234 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(1 January 2024<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,226,375</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">380/km<sup>2</sup> (990/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">€52.323 billion (2021)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">BE-VWV</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2021)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.940<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:green">very high</span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_Belgian_provinces_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Belgian provinces by Human Development Index">5th of 11</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.west-vlaanderen.be/">www<wbr />.west-vlaanderen<wbr />.be</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>West Flanders</b><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the westernmost <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Belgium" title="Provinces of Belgium">province</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Flemish_Region" title="Flemish Region">Flemish Region</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>. It is the only coastal Belgian province, facing the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> to the northwest. It has land borders with the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Dutch</a> province of <a href="/wiki/Zeeland" title="Zeeland">Zeeland</a> to the northeast, the Flemish province of <a href="/wiki/East_Flanders" title="East Flanders">East Flanders</a> to the east, the <a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Walloon</a> province of <a href="/wiki/Hainaut_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hainaut (province)">Hainaut</a> in the south and the <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> department of <a href="/wiki/Nord_(French_department)" title="Nord (French department)">Nord</a> to the west. Its capital is <a href="/wiki/Bruges" title="Bruges">Bruges</a> (<i>Brugge</i>). Other important cities are <a href="/wiki/Kortrijk" title="Kortrijk">Kortrijk</a> in the south and <a href="/wiki/Ostend" title="Ostend">Ostend</a> (<i>Oostende</i>) on the coast, <a href="/wiki/Roeselare" title="Roeselare">Roeselare</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ypres" title="Ypres">Ypres</a> (<i>Ieper</i>). The province has an area of 3,197 km<sup>2</sup> (1,234 sq mi) which is divided into eight administrative districts (<i>arrondissementen</i>) containing 64 municipalities. As of January 2024, West Flanders has a population of over 1.22 million.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> coast of Belgium, an important <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Belgium" title="Tourism in Belgium">tourism</a> destination, lies in West Flanders. A <a href="/wiki/Belgian_coast_tram" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian coast tram">tram</a> line runs the length of the coast, from <a href="/wiki/De_Panne" title="De Panne">De Panne</a> on the French border to <a href="/wiki/Knokke-Heist" title="Knokke-Heist">Knokke-Heist</a> on the Dutch border. West Flanders has two <a href="/wiki/Port" title="Port">seaports</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Zeebrugge" title="Port of Zeebrugge">Port of Zeebrugge</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Ostend" title="Port of Ostend">Port of Ostend</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Flanders&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>West Flanders consists of the <a href="/wiki/Coastline_of_the_North_Sea" title="Coastline of the North Sea">North Sea coast</a>, followed by a very flat <a href="/wiki/Polder" title="Polder">polder</a> landscape. Only in the south are some small hills, with the <a href="/wiki/Kemmelberg" title="Kemmelberg">Kemmelberg</a> (159 m (522 ft)) being the highest point in the province. The <a href="/wiki/Leie" class="mw-redirect" title="Leie">Leie</a> and <a href="/wiki/IJzer" class="mw-redirect" title="IJzer">IJzer</a> are the main rivers. West Flanders is the only Belgian province that borders both France and The Netherlands; it is the only province not <a href="/wiki/Landlocked" class="mw-redirect" title="Landlocked">landlocked</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Flanders&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">Gross domestic product</a> (GDP) of the province was 46.9 billion € in 2018. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 34,700 € or 115% of the EU27 average in the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the north of the province, most industry is concentrated in and around the cities of <a href="/wiki/Bruges" title="Bruges">Bruges</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ostend" title="Ostend">Ostend</a>. Both cities also have important seaports: the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Bruges-Zeebrugge" class="mw-redirect" title="Port of Bruges-Zeebrugge">port of Bruges-Zeebrugge</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Ostend" title="Port of Ostend">port of Ostend</a>. </p><p>The south is known for its textile industry, with companies such as <a href="/wiki/Beaulieu_International_Group" title="Beaulieu International Group">Beaulieu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Libeco-Lagae" class="mw-redirect" title="Libeco-Lagae">Libeco-Lagae</a>. The region around <a href="/wiki/Kortrijk" title="Kortrijk">Kortrijk</a> is called the "<a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a> of Belgium" for its entrepreneurship. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Flanders&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tourism is also an important industry in West Flanders. Major touristic attractions include the Belgian coast, the historic center of Bruges, the <a href="/wiki/Yser_Tower" class="mw-redirect" title="Yser Tower">Yser Tower</a> in <a href="/wiki/Diksmuide" title="Diksmuide">Diksmuide</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flanders_Fields" title="Flanders Fields">Flanders Fields</a>, the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> battlefields around <a href="/wiki/Ypres" title="Ypres">Ypres</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Language">Language</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Flanders&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/West_Flemish" title="West Flemish">West Flemish</a></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a> dialect called <a href="/wiki/West_Flemish" title="West Flemish">West Flemish</a> is spoken here. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Flanders&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city of <a href="/wiki/Bruges" title="Bruges">Bruges</a> has two clubs playing at the highest level of football in Belgium (<a href="/wiki/Belgian_First_Division_A" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian First Division A">Belgian First Division A</a>), namely <a href="/wiki/Club_Brugge_KV" title="Club Brugge KV">Club Brugge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cercle_Brugge_K.S.V." title="Cercle Brugge K.S.V.">Cercle Brugge</a>. </p><p>Other cities with teams playing at the highest level are <a href="/wiki/Kortrijk" title="Kortrijk">Kortrijk</a> (<a href="/wiki/K.V._Kortrijk" title="K.V. Kortrijk">KV Kortrijk</a>), <a href="/wiki/Ostend" title="Ostend">Ostend</a> (<a href="/wiki/K.V._Oostende" title="K.V. Oostende">KV Oostende</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Waregem" title="Waregem">Waregem</a> (<a href="/wiki/S.V._Zulte_Waregem" title="S.V. Zulte Waregem">Zulte Waregem</a>). </p><p>The teams <a href="/wiki/Knack_Randstad_Roeselare" class="mw-redirect" title="Knack Randstad Roeselare">Knack Randstad Roeselare</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prefaxis_Menen" class="mw-redirect" title="Prefaxis Menen">Prefaxis Menen</a> play in the highest volleyball league. <a href="/wiki/Knack_Randstad_Roeselare" class="mw-redirect" title="Knack Randstad Roeselare">Knack Randstad Roeselare</a> also plays in the <a href="/wiki/CEV_Champions_League" title="CEV Champions League">CEV Champions League</a>, the European Championsleague. </p><p><a href="/wiki/BC_Oostende" title="BC Oostende">BC Oostende</a> is a basketball team which plays in the major basketball league of Belgium. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_governors">List of governors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Flanders&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: List of governors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_West_Flanders" title="Governor of West Flanders">Governor of West Flanders</a></div> <ul><li>1830–1831 : <a href="/wiki/Felix_de_Muelenaere" class="mw-redirect" title="Felix de Muelenaere">Felix de Muelenaere</a> (<a href="/wiki/Catholic_Party_(Belgium)" title="Catholic Party (Belgium)">Catholic Party</a>)</li> <li>1832–1834 : <a href="/wiki/Felix_de_Muelenaere" class="mw-redirect" title="Felix de Muelenaere">Felix de Muelenaere</a> (<a href="/wiki/Catholic_Party_(Belgium)" title="Catholic Party (Belgium)">Catholic Party</a>)</li> <li>1836–1849 : <a href="/wiki/Felix_de_Muelenaere" class="mw-redirect" title="Felix de Muelenaere">Felix de Muelenaere</a> (<a href="/wiki/Catholic_Party_(Belgium)" title="Catholic Party (Belgium)">Catholic Party</a>)</li> <li>1849–1857 : <a href="/w/index.php?title=Adolphe_de_Vri%C3%A8re&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adolphe de Vrière (page does not exist)">Adolphe de Vrière</a> (Liberal)</li> <li>1857–1877 : <a href="/w/index.php?title=Beno%C3%AEt_Vrambout&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Benoît Vrambout (page does not exist)">Benoît Vrambout</a> (Liberal)</li> <li>1877–1878 : <a href="/w/index.php?title=L%C3%A9on_Ruzette&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Léon Ruzette (page does not exist)">Léon Ruzette</a> (<a href="/wiki/Catholic_Party_(Belgium)" title="Catholic Party (Belgium)">Catholic Party</a>)</li> <li>1878–1883 : <a href="/w/index.php?title=Theodore_Heyvaert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Theodore Heyvaert (page does not exist)">Theodore Heyvaert</a> (Liberal)</li> <li>1883–1884 : <a href="/w/index.php?title=Guillaume_De_Brouwer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guillaume De Brouwer (page does not exist)">Guillaume De Brouwer</a> (Liberal)</li> <li>1884–1901 : <a href="/w/index.php?title=L%C3%A9on_Ruzette&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Léon Ruzette (page does not exist)">Léon Ruzette</a> (<a href="/wiki/Catholic_Party_(Belgium)" title="Catholic Party (Belgium)">Catholic Party</a>)</li> <li>1901 : <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean-Baptiste_de_B%C3%A9thune_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jean-Baptiste de Béthune (politician) (page does not exist)">Jean-Baptiste de Bethune</a> (<a href="/wiki/Catholic_Party_(Belgium)" title="Catholic Party (Belgium)">Catholic Party</a>)</li> <li>1901–1903  : <a href="/wiki/Charles_d%27Ursel" title="Charles d'Ursel">Charles d'Ursel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Catholic_Party_(Belgium)" title="Catholic Party (Belgium)">Catholic Party</a>)</li> <li>1903–1907 : <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean-Baptiste_de_B%C3%A9thune_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jean-Baptiste de Béthune (politician) (page does not exist)">Jean-Baptiste de Bethune</a> (<a href="/wiki/Catholic_Party_(Belgium)" title="Catholic Party (Belgium)">Catholic Party</a>)</li> <li>1907–1912 : <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alb%C3%A9ric_Ruzette&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Albéric Ruzette (page does not exist)">Albéric Ruzette</a> (<a href="/wiki/Catholic_Party_(Belgium)" title="Catholic Party (Belgium)">Catholic Party</a>)</li> <li>1912–1933 : <a href="/w/index.php?title=L%C3%A9on_Janssens_de_Bisthoven&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Léon Janssens de Bisthoven (page does not exist)">Léon Janssens de Bisthoven</a></li> <li>1933–1940 : <a href="/wiki/Henri_Baels" title="Henri Baels">Henri Baels</a> (<a href="/wiki/Catholic_Party_(Belgium)" title="Catholic Party (Belgium)">Catholic Party</a>)</li> <li>1940–1944 : <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michel_Bulckaert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michel Bulckaert (page does not exist)">Michel Bulckaert</a></li> <li>1944–1979 : <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pierre_van_Outryve_d%27Ydewalle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pierre van Outryve d'Ydewalle (page does not exist)">Pierre van Outryve d'Ydewalle</a> (<a href="/wiki/Christian-Democratic_and_Flemish" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian-Democratic and Flemish">CVP</a>)</li> <li>1979 : <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Vanackere&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leo Vanackere (page does not exist)">Leo Vanackere</a> (<a href="/wiki/Christian-Democratic_and_Flemish" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian-Democratic and Flemish">CVP</a>)</li> <li>1979–1997 : <a href="/wiki/Olivier_Vanneste" title="Olivier Vanneste">Olivier Vanneste</a> (<a href="/wiki/Christian-Democratic_and_Flemish" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian-Democratic and Flemish">CVP</a>)</li> <li>1997–2012 : <a href="/wiki/Paul_Breyne" title="Paul Breyne">Paul Breyne</a> (<a href="/wiki/Christian-Democratic_and_Flemish" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian-Democratic and Flemish">CVP/CD&V</a>)</li> <li>February 2012– : <a href="/wiki/Carl_Decaluw%C3%A9" title="Carl Decaluwé">Carl Decaluwé</a> (<a href="/wiki/Christian-Democratic_and_Flemish" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian-Democratic and Flemish">CD&V</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subdivisions">Subdivisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Flanders&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arrondissements">Arrondissements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Flanders&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Arrondissements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Province of West Flanders is divided into 8 <a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_Belgium#Administrative" title="Arrondissements of Belgium">administrative</a> <a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_Belgium" title="Arrondissements of Belgium">arrondissements</a>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arrondissement_Brugge_Belgium_Map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Bruges"><img alt="Bruges" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Arrondissement_Brugge_Belgium_Map.png/120px-Arrondissement_Brugge_Belgium_Map.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Arrondissement_Brugge_Belgium_Map.png/180px-Arrondissement_Brugge_Belgium_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Arrondissement_Brugge_Belgium_Map.png/240px-Arrondissement_Brugge_Belgium_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Bruges" title="Arrondissement of Bruges">Bruges</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arrondissement_Diksmuide_Belgium_Map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Diksmuide"><img alt="Diksmuide" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Arrondissement_Diksmuide_Belgium_Map.png/120px-Arrondissement_Diksmuide_Belgium_Map.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Arrondissement_Diksmuide_Belgium_Map.png/180px-Arrondissement_Diksmuide_Belgium_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Arrondissement_Diksmuide_Belgium_Map.png/240px-Arrondissement_Diksmuide_Belgium_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Diksmuide" title="Arrondissement of Diksmuide">Diksmuide</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ArrKortrijkLocation.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Kortrijk"><img alt="Kortrijk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/ArrKortrijkLocation.png/120px-ArrKortrijkLocation.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/ArrKortrijkLocation.png/180px-ArrKortrijkLocation.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/ArrKortrijkLocation.png/240px-ArrKortrijkLocation.png 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Kortrijk" title="Arrondissement of Kortrijk">Kortrijk</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arrondissement_Oostende_Belgium_Map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Ostend"><img alt="Ostend" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Arrondissement_Oostende_Belgium_Map.png/120px-Arrondissement_Oostende_Belgium_Map.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Arrondissement_Oostende_Belgium_Map.png/180px-Arrondissement_Oostende_Belgium_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Arrondissement_Oostende_Belgium_Map.png/240px-Arrondissement_Oostende_Belgium_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Ostend" title="Arrondissement of Ostend">Ostend</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arrondissement_Roeselare_Belgium_Map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Roeselare"><img alt="Roeselare" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Arrondissement_Roeselare_Belgium_Map.png/120px-Arrondissement_Roeselare_Belgium_Map.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Arrondissement_Roeselare_Belgium_Map.png/180px-Arrondissement_Roeselare_Belgium_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Arrondissement_Roeselare_Belgium_Map.png/240px-Arrondissement_Roeselare_Belgium_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Roeselare" title="Arrondissement of Roeselare">Roeselare</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arrondissement_Tielt_Belgium_Map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Tielt"><img alt="Tielt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Arrondissement_Tielt_Belgium_Map.png/120px-Arrondissement_Tielt_Belgium_Map.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Arrondissement_Tielt_Belgium_Map.png/180px-Arrondissement_Tielt_Belgium_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Arrondissement_Tielt_Belgium_Map.png/240px-Arrondissement_Tielt_Belgium_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Tielt" title="Arrondissement of Tielt">Tielt</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arrondissement_Veurne_Belgium_Map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Veurne"><img alt="Veurne" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Arrondissement_Veurne_Belgium_Map.png/120px-Arrondissement_Veurne_Belgium_Map.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Arrondissement_Veurne_Belgium_Map.png/180px-Arrondissement_Veurne_Belgium_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Arrondissement_Veurne_Belgium_Map.png/240px-Arrondissement_Veurne_Belgium_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Veurne" title="Arrondissement of Veurne">Veurne</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arrondissement_Ieper_Belgium_Map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Ypres"><img alt="Ypres" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Arrondissement_Ieper_Belgium_Map.png/120px-Arrondissement_Ieper_Belgium_Map.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Arrondissement_Ieper_Belgium_Map.png/180px-Arrondissement_Ieper_Belgium_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Arrondissement_Ieper_Belgium_Map.png/240px-Arrondissement_Ieper_Belgium_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Ypres" title="Arrondissement of Ypres">Ypres</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judicial_arrondissements">Judicial arrondissements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Flanders&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Judicial arrondissements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Province of West Flanders is divided into 4 <a href="/wiki/Judicial" class="mw-redirect" title="Judicial">judicial</a> <a href="/wiki/Arrondissement" title="Arrondissement">arrondissements</a>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Brugge_Belgium_Map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Bruges"><img alt="Bruges" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Brugge_Belgium_Map.png/120px-Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Brugge_Belgium_Map.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Brugge_Belgium_Map.png/180px-Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Brugge_Belgium_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Brugge_Belgium_Map.png/240px-Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Brugge_Belgium_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bruges</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Kortrijk_Belgium_Map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Kortrijk"><img alt="Kortrijk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Kortrijk_Belgium_Map.png/112px-Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Kortrijk_Belgium_Map.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Kortrijk_Belgium_Map.png/168px-Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Kortrijk_Belgium_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Kortrijk_Belgium_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="188" data-file-height="201" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Kortrijk</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Veurne_Belgium_Map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Veurne"><img alt="Veurne" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Veurne_Belgium_Map.png/120px-Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Veurne_Belgium_Map.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Veurne_Belgium_Map.png/180px-Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Veurne_Belgium_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Veurne_Belgium_Map.png/240px-Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Veurne_Belgium_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Veurne</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Ieper_Belgium_Map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Ypres"><img alt="Ypres" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Ieper_Belgium_Map.png/120px-Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Ieper_Belgium_Map.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Ieper_Belgium_Map.png/180px-Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Ieper_Belgium_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Ieper_Belgium_Map.png/240px-Image-Judicial_Arrondissement_Ieper_Belgium_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="203" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ypres</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Municipalities">Municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Flanders&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Municipalities_West-Flanders_Belgium_Map_-_Number.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of the municipalities in West Flanders"><img alt="Map of the municipalities in West Flanders" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Municipalities_West-Flanders_Belgium_Map_-_Number.svg/400px-Municipalities_West-Flanders_Belgium_Map_-_Number.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="431" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Municipalities_West-Flanders_Belgium_Map_-_Number.svg/600px-Municipalities_West-Flanders_Belgium_Map_-_Number.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Municipalities_West-Flanders_Belgium_Map_-_Number.svg/800px-Municipalities_West-Flanders_Belgium_Map_-_Number.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="674" data-file-height="727" /></a><figcaption>Map of the municipalities in West Flanders</figcaption></figure> <p>Municipalities that have <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_Belgium" title="City status in Belgium">city status</a> have <i>(city)</i> after their names. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <p>1. <a href="/wiki/Alveringem" title="Alveringem">Alveringem</a><br /> 2. <a href="/wiki/Anzegem" title="Anzegem">Anzegem</a><br /> 3. <a href="/wiki/Ardooie" title="Ardooie">Ardooie</a><br /> 4. <a href="/wiki/Avelgem" title="Avelgem">Avelgem</a><br /> 5. <a href="/wiki/Beernem" title="Beernem">Beernem</a><br /> 6. <a href="/wiki/Blankenberge" title="Blankenberge">Blankenberge</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 7. <a href="/wiki/Bredene" title="Bredene">Bredene</a><br /> 8. <a href="/wiki/Bruges" title="Bruges">Bruges</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 9. <a href="/wiki/Damme" title="Damme">Damme</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 10. <a href="/wiki/De_Haan,_Belgium" title="De Haan, Belgium">De Haan</a><br /> 11. <a href="/wiki/De_Panne" title="De Panne">De Panne</a><br /> 12. <a href="/wiki/Deerlijk" title="Deerlijk">Deerlijk</a><br /> 13. <a href="/wiki/Dentergem" title="Dentergem">Dentergem</a><br /> 14. <a href="/wiki/Diksmuide" title="Diksmuide">Diksmuide</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 15. <a href="/wiki/Gistel" title="Gistel">Gistel</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 16. <a href="/wiki/Harelbeke" title="Harelbeke">Harelbeke</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 17. <a href="/wiki/Heuvelland" title="Heuvelland">Heuvelland</a><br /> 18. <a href="/wiki/Hooglede" title="Hooglede">Hooglede</a><br /> 19. <a href="/wiki/Houthulst" title="Houthulst">Houthulst</a><br /> 20. <a href="/wiki/Ichtegem" title="Ichtegem">Ichtegem</a><br /> 21. <a href="/wiki/Ypres" title="Ypres">Ypres</a> (Ieper) <i>(city)</i><br /> 22. <a href="/wiki/Ingelmunster" title="Ingelmunster">Ingelmunster</a><br /> 23. <a href="/wiki/Izegem" title="Izegem">Izegem</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 24. <a href="/wiki/Jabbeke" title="Jabbeke">Jabbeke</a><br /> 25. <a href="/wiki/Knokke-Heist" title="Knokke-Heist">Knokke-Heist</a><br /> 26. <a href="/wiki/Koekelare" title="Koekelare">Koekelare</a><br /> 27. <a href="/wiki/Koksijde" title="Koksijde">Koksijde</a><br /> 28. <a href="/wiki/Kortemark" title="Kortemark">Kortemark</a><br /> 29. <a href="/wiki/Kortrijk" title="Kortrijk">Kortrijk</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 30. <a href="/wiki/Kuurne" title="Kuurne">Kuurne</a><br /> 31. <a href="/wiki/Langemark-Poelkapelle" title="Langemark-Poelkapelle">Langemark-Poelkapelle</a><br /> 32. <a href="/wiki/Ledegem" title="Ledegem">Ledegem</a><br /> 33. <a href="/wiki/Lendelede" title="Lendelede">Lendelede</a><br /> 34. <a href="/wiki/Lichtervelde" title="Lichtervelde">Lichtervelde</a><br /> 35. <a href="/wiki/Lo-Reninge" title="Lo-Reninge">Lo-Reninge</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 36. <a href="/wiki/Menen" title="Menen">Menen</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 37. <a href="/wiki/Mesen" title="Mesen">Mesen</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 38. <a href="/wiki/Meulebeke" title="Meulebeke">Meulebeke</a><br /> 39. <a href="/wiki/Middelkerke" title="Middelkerke">Middelkerke</a><br /> 40. <a href="/wiki/Moorslede" title="Moorslede">Moorslede</a><br /> 41. <a href="/wiki/Nieuwpoort,_Belgium" title="Nieuwpoort, Belgium">Nieuwpoort</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 42. <a href="/wiki/Ostend" title="Ostend">Ostend</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 43. <a href="/wiki/Oostkamp" title="Oostkamp">Oostkamp</a><br /> 44. <a href="/wiki/Oostrozebeke" title="Oostrozebeke">Oostrozebeke</a><br /> 45. <a href="/wiki/Oudenburg" title="Oudenburg">Oudenburg</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 46. <a href="/wiki/Pittem" title="Pittem">Pittem</a><br /> 47. <a href="/wiki/Poperinge" title="Poperinge">Poperinge</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 48. <a href="/wiki/Roeselare" title="Roeselare">Roeselare</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 49. <a href="/wiki/Ruiselede" title="Ruiselede">Ruiselede</a><br /> 50. <a href="/wiki/Spiere-Helkijn" title="Spiere-Helkijn">Spiere-Helkijn</a><br /> 51. <a href="/wiki/Staden" title="Staden">Staden</a><br /> 52. <a href="/wiki/Tielt" title="Tielt">Tielt</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 53. <a href="/wiki/Torhout" title="Torhout">Torhout</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 54. <a href="/wiki/Veurne" title="Veurne">Veurne</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 55. <a href="/wiki/Vleteren" title="Vleteren">Vleteren</a><br /> 56. <a href="/wiki/Waregem" title="Waregem">Waregem</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 57. <a href="/wiki/Wervik" title="Wervik">Wervik</a> <i>(city)</i><br /> 58. <a href="/wiki/Wevelgem" title="Wevelgem">Wevelgem</a><br /> 59. <a href="/wiki/Wielsbeke" title="Wielsbeke">Wielsbeke</a><br /> 60. <a href="/wiki/Wingene" title="Wingene">Wingene</a><br /> 61. <a href="/wiki/Zedelgem" title="Zedelgem">Zedelgem</a><br /> 62. <a href="/wiki/Zonnebeke" title="Zonnebeke">Zonnebeke</a><br /> 63. <a href="/wiki/Zuienkerke" title="Zuienkerke">Zuienkerke</a><br /> 64. <a href="/wiki/Zwevegem" title="Zwevegem">Zwevegem</a><br /> </p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Flanders&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Transport_Office_of_the_Devastated_Territories_of_West_Flanders" title="Transport Office of the Devastated Territories of West Flanders">Transport Office of the Devastated Territories of West Flanders</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Flanders&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Vlaanderen</i> in isolation: <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="nl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch" title="Help:IPA/Dutch">[ˈvlaːndərə(n)]</a></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">West-Vlaanderen</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="nl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch" title="Help:IPA/Dutch">[ˌʋɛst<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈflaːndərə(n)]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" 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title="File:Nl-West-Vlaanderen.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/West_Flemish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="West Flemish language">West Flemish</a>: <i lang="vls">West-Vloandern</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="vls-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">[βæst<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈflɒːndərn̩]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Flandre-Occidentale</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[flɑ̃dʁ<span class="wrap"> </span>ɔksidɑ̃tal]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Westflandern</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈvɛstˌflandɐn]</a></span> 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