West Flanders's population is 30,000.
The population of Flanders is 6,161,600.
East Flanders's population is 40,000.
The area of West Flanders is 3,125 square kilometers.
Flanders's population density is 456 people per square kilometer.
Because Belgium is formed in 1830 by different provinces of Southern Netherlands. And in the most southern ones people speak French and formed together Wallonia. The northern part, these days known as Flanders, is formed by West and East Flanders, Brabant, Antwerp and Belgian Limburg. Historically Flanders was the part in the west (the current provences West and East flanders of Belgium) + Zeeuws Vlaanderen (South-West of current Netherlands) + French-Flanders (north-west of France).
Flanders Fields is the name given to the battlefields from World War I. The fields are located between West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium.
Ypres is a Belgian municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality includes the actual city of Ypres and a number of surrounding villages. The total population of the municipality is around 35,000.
"Normans" are people living in the ninth and tenth century. They were the result of the mingling of the local population east of Brittany and west of Flanders with the Vikings,
Belgium has 10.666.866 residents. 60% speak dutch(so are from Flanders) = 6.400.120
Bruges is in the Northern Region of Belgium, also known as Flanders. More concrete it is in the North of the West-Flanders province.
West Flanders is a province in Belgium
Luc Schepens has written: 'Van vlaskutser tot franschman' -- subject(s): Population 'De Provincieraad van West-Vlaanderen 1836-1921' -- subject(s): Biography, Flanders, West. Provinciale Raad, West Flanders 'Albert & Elisabeth, 1914-1918' '14/18, een oorlog in Vlaanderen' -- subject(s): History, World War, 1914-1918