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Източна Фландрия Източна Фландрия (на нидерландски Oost-Vlaanderen) е провинция в Северна Белгия, част от Фламандския регион. Граничи с провинция Западна Фландрия на запад, провинция Ено на юг, провинция Фламандски Брабант на югоизток, провинция Антверпен на североизток и Нидерландия на север. Площта на провинцията е 2 991 км², а населението — около 1 376 000 души (2004). Административен център е град Гент. Провинция Източна Фландрия се подразделя на шест окръга: Алст, Дендермонде, Гент, Ауденарде, Синт Никлас и Ейкло.
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East Flanders East Flanders (Dutch: Oost-Vlaanderen, French: (Province de) Flandre-Orientale, German: Ostflandern) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. Its capital, and also the largest city of the province, is Ghent (Dutch: Gent, French: Gand). Contents Name[change | change source] East in East Flanders means that it is in eastern part of Flanders, a region that forms part of the present Belgium. The word Flanders refers to the historic county of Flanders and appears for the first time in the year 358 under the name pagus Flandrensis[2] (pagus is a Latin word meaning a very small town, with only few houses). The pagus Flandrensis region was a coastal area with large tidal channels and green marshes where sheep farmers lived.[2] The modern province of East Flanders was the old Escaut department, created in 1795 during the First French Empire in the eastern part of the County[N 1] of Flanders. In 1815, during the creation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the department became the province of East Flanders. Geography[change | change source] East Flanders borders (clockwise from the North) on the Netherlands and in Belgium on the provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant (both in Flanders), of Hainaut (Wallonia) and of West Flanders (Flanders). The province has an area of 2,991 km2 (1,155 sq mi) with a population of 1,454,716[1] and a density of 486.4 inhabitants per km². The capital and biggest city is Ghent, also the second largest city in the Flemish Region. Other smaller cities are Aalst, Sint-Niklaas and Dendermonde in the east of the province. Its highest point is Hotondberg, 150 m (492 ft) high, in the municipality of Kluisbergen, Oudenaarde district. The main river in the province is the Scheldt (Dutch: Schelde, French: Escaut); it merges with the Leie in Ghent. The Dender flows into the Scheldt in the city of Dendermonde. Administrative divisions[change | change source] The province of Hainaut is divided into six arrondissements (Aalst, Dendermonde, Eeklo, Ghent, Oudenaarde and Sint-Niklaas) and a total of 65 municipalities. Population by arrondissement[change | change source] Population on 1 January of each year.[3] Notes[change | change source] References[change | change source] - ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Population per municipality on 1 January 2012 (XLS; 214 KB) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Vanwaar kom de naam Vlaanderen en wat was de naam daarvoor?" (in Dutch). Ik heb een vraag. http://www.ikhebeenvraag.be/vraag/16009. Retrieved 9 August 2013. - ↑ Institut National de Statistique - Direction générale Statistique et Information économique Other websites[change | change source] - (Dutch) Official Website