Flanders (disambiguation)
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Flanders is the country of the Flemings and, since several decades ago is also a community and a region in Belgium. Geographically and historically, Flanders also covers parts of France and The Netherlands but may also refer to:
Places
Western Europe
- County of Flanders, an historical county of the Low Countries, which included part of the north of modern-day France and the extreme south-west of the modern Netherlands
- Two provinces of modern-day Belgium:
- East Flanders, a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium
- West Flanders, the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, also named Flanders, in Belgium
- Flemish Community, one of the three Communities of Belgium
- Flemish Region, one of the three Regions of Belgium
- French Flanders, the northern département of Nord and part of the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais
- Zeelandic Flanders in The Netherlands
- Flanders Fields, the battlefields of World War I in northern France and north-western Belgium
Chile
- Indian Flanders (Flandes Indiano), an old name for Chile given during the Arauco War
United Kingdom
- Flanders, a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
United States
- Flanders, Louisiana
- Flanders, Michigan
- Flanders, New Jersey
- Flanders, New York
- A village in the town of East Lyme, Connecticut
- A village in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Automobiles
- Flanders (automobile company), a US-American automobile manufacturer that operated in Detroit from 1910 to 1913
People
Main article: Flanders (surname)
Literature
- "In Flanders Fields", a 1915 World War I poem by Lt-Col John McCrae
- In Flanders Fields: The 1917 Campaign, a book by historian Leon Wolff
- Moll Flanders, a 1722 novel by Daniel Defoe
Entertainment
- Flanders (film), by French filmmaker Bruno Dumont
- Flanders (band), a.k.a. Deflect, Italian electronic/dance group
- Flandre Scarlet, vampire from the Touhou Project series of games
Other
- Flanders (horse), an American racehorse
- a common fig cultivar
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