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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:
- 1st Deputy: Alexander Vercamer (CD&V)
- 2nd Deputy: Marc De Buck (VLD)
- 3rd Deputy: Peter Hertog (SP.a-Spirit)
- 4th Deputy: Jozef Dauwe (CD&V)
- 5th Deputy: Carina Van Cauter (VLD)
- 6th Deputy Eddy Couckuyt (CD&V)
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-)
Timeline:
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from: 1834 till: 1836 color:catholic text:"Vilain" fontsize:10
from: 1837 till: 1843 color:catholic text:"de Schierve" fontsize:10
from: 1843 till: 1848 color:catholic text:"Desmaisières" fontsize:10
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from: 1871 till: 1879 color:catholic text:"de T'Serclaes De Wommersom" fontsize:10
from: 1879 till: 1885 color:liberal text:"Verhaeghe de Naeyer" fontsize:10
from: 1885 till: 1919 color:catholic text:"de Kerchove d'Exaerde" fontsize:10
from: 1919 till: 1921 color:liberal text:"Lippens" fontsize:10
from: 1921 till: 1929 color:catholic text:"de Kerchove De Denterghem" fontsize:10
from: 1929 till: 1935 color:liberal text:"Karel Weyler" fontsize:10
from: 1935 till: 1938 color:liberal text:"Ingenbleek" fontsize:10
from: 1938 till: 1939 color:liberal text:"Frederiq" fontsize:10
from: 1939 till: 1954 color:catholic text:"Van den Boogaerden" fontsize:10
from: 1954 till: 1963 color:liberal text:"Mariën" fontsize:10
from: 1963 till: 1984 color:socialist text:"de Kinder" fontsize:10
from: 1984 till: 2004 color:socialist text:"Balthazar" fontsize:10
from: 2004 till: 2010 color:liberal text:"Denys" fontsize:10
Sub divisions
Formal subdivisions: districts and municipalities
| District | Ghent District: | Oudenaarde District: | Eeklo District: | Aalst District: | Dendermonde District: | Sint-Niklaas District: |
| Location | ||||||
|
HASC
NUTS INS Population Area |
BE.OV.GT
BE234 44 512,407 944km² |
BE.OV.OD
BE235 45 117,125 419km² |
BE.OV.EK
BE233 43 80,574 334km² |
BE.OV.AL
BE231 41 267,274 469km² |
BE.OV.DM
BE232 42 189,638 343km² |
BE.OV.SN
BE236 46 231,262 475km² |
| Municipalities |
Informal subdivisions
References
External links
- Official Website (in Dutch)
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