Everything about East Flanders totally explained
East Flanders (
Oost-Vlaanderen in
Dutch,
Flandre orientale in
French) is a
province of
Flanders, one of the three regions of
Belgium. It 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). It has an area of 2,991 km² which is divided into six administrative districts (
arrondissementen in
Dutch) containing 65 municipalities. The provincial population is 1,389,199 and the capital is
Ghent.
The flag has a black lion with red tongue and claws, on a background of horizontal white and green stripes. This a recent adaptation. The flag of East-Flanders used to be the same as that of the Flanders region; a black lion on a yellow background.
Government
The provincial parliament,
Provincieraad, has 84 members. Six people chosen by and from the parliament are the deputies,
bestendige deputatie, and form the daily government. The daily government is lead by the governor, who is appointed by the king.
André Denys (
VLD) has been the governor of East Flanders since
26 november 2004.
The provincial deputies are:
The province has a yearly budget of approximately 300 million euro.
Governors
Pierre De Ryckere (1830)
Werner de Lamberts-Cortenbach (1830-1834)
Charles Vilain XIIII (1834-1836)
Louis de Schiervel (1837-1843)
Leander Desmaisières (1843-1848)
Edouard De Jaegher (lib.) (1848-1871)
Emile de T'Serclaes De Wommersom (1871-1879)
Léon Verhaeghe de Naeyer (lib.) (1879-1885)
Raymond de Kerchove d'Exaerde (1885-1919)
Maurice Lippens (lib.) (1919-1921)
André de Kerchove de Denterghem (lib.) (1921-1929)
Karel Weyler (lib.) (1929-1935)
Jules Ingenbleek (lib.) (1935-1938)
Louis Frederiq (lib) (1938-1939)
Maurice Van den Boogaerde (1939-1954)
Albert Mariën (lib.) (1954-1963)
Roger de Kinder (BSP) (1963-1984)
Herman Balthazar (sp.a) (1984-2004)
André Denys (VLD) (2004-)
Sub divisions
Formal subdivisions: districts and municipalities
Informal subdivisions
Meetjesland
Waasland
Flemish Ardennes
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