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French Flanders (French: La Flandre française) is a part of the historical County of Flanders in present-day France where a dialect of Dutch was or still is traditionally spoken. The region lies in the modern-day region of Hauts-de-France and roughly corresponds to the arrondissements of Lille, Douai and … See more
French Flanders is mostly flat marshlands in the coal-rich area just south of the North Sea. It consists of two regions:
1. French Westhoek to the northwest, lying between the river Lys and the North Sea, roughly the same … See moreThe traditional language of northern French Flanders (Westhoek), related to the Dutch language, is known as West Flemish, specifically, a subdialect known as See more
Once a part of ancient and medieval Francia from the inception of the Frankish kingdom (descended from the Empire of Charlemagne) under the Merovingian monarchs such as See more
In 2008, the success of the movie Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis illuminated this part of France to a wide audience. See more
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