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3 unusual facts about Flemish Region


John Nutt

He soon organized a small crew with whom he seized a small French fishing boat as well as two other French ships (another account claims the ships were English and Flemish) during the summer of 1621 before returning to the western coast of England.

Refectory table

Later in the 16th century the secular refectory table spread to Flemish and German locales.

Reichsgau Flandern

It encompassed the present-day Flemish Region in its old provincial borders (in other words, including Comines-Warneton but excluding Voeren).


Sint Pieter

It is located on the western bank of the river Meuse, in the south of the city, and borders Belgium (both Flanders and Wallonia).


see also

Louvain

French name for Leuven, the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium