French Flanders

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cultural region historical region

French Flanders is a historical region in northern France, bordering Belgium, known for its Flemish cultural heritage and centered around cities such as Lille and Dunkirk.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
French Flanders canonical 27
Flanders 4
Flanders (French Flanders) 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeCenter Lille ⓘ
annexationCentury 17th century ⓘ
annexedBy Kingdom of France ⓘ
borders Belgium ⓘ
contains Armentières ⓘ
Aire-sur-la-Lys ⓘ
surface form: Bailleul

Cassel ⓘ
Dunkerque ⓘ
Dunkirk ⓘ
Gravelines ⓘ
Hazebrouck ⓘ
Lille ⓘ
Merville ⓘ
Steenvoorde NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wormhout ⓘ
country France ⓘ
culturalHeritage Flemish architecture ⓘ
Flemish cuisine ⓘ
Flemish culture ⓘ
Flemish festivals ⓘ
currentOfficialLanguage French ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn North Sea ⓘ
hasMinorityLanguage Picard ⓘ
West Flemish dialects ⓘ
historicalEvent Treaty of Nijmegen ⓘ
Treaty of Utrecht ⓘ
historicalLanguage Dutch ⓘ
West Flemish ⓘ
historicalPartOf County of Flanders ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Flanders ⓘ
knownFor battlefields of early modern wars ⓘ
belfries ⓘ
brick Gothic architecture ⓘ
carnival traditions ⓘ
locatedIn department of Nord ⓘ
northern France ⓘ
Hauts-de-France ⓘ
surface form: region of Hauts-de-France
partOf France ⓘ
French Netherlands ⓘ
portCity Dunkirk ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
traditionalDish carbonade flamande ⓘ
moules-frites ⓘ
potjevleesch ⓘ
traditionalProduct beer ⓘ
gin (genever) ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lille → historicalRegion → French Flanders ⓘ
Dunkirk → partOf → French Flanders ⓘ
Dunkirk → historicalRegion → French Flanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flanders
County of Artois → partOf → French Flanders ⓘ
Nord department → locatedIn → French Flanders ⓘ
subject surface form: Nord (department)
3rd Canadian Division → garrisonDuringWar → French Flanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: France and Flanders
Pas-de-Calais → partOf → French Flanders ⓘ
Nord → partOf → French Flanders ⓘ
West Flemish → spokenIn → French Flanders ⓘ
Saint-André-lez-Lille → locatedIn → French Flanders ⓘ
Douai → historicalRegion → French Flanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Franco-Flemish borderlands
Lille Christmas market → region → French Flanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flanders (French Flanders)
Vieille Bourse → regionOfCulturalSignificance → French Flanders ⓘ
Jesuit College of St. Omer → laterIn → French Flanders ⓘ
Dunkirk, France → partOf → French Flanders ⓘ
Haubourdin → locatedIn → French Flanders ⓘ
Yser River → flowsThrough → French Flanders ⓘ
Cassel → historicalRegion → French Flanders ⓘ
Saint-Éloi church → locatedIn → French Flanders ⓘ
subject surface form: Saint-Éloi church (Dunkirk)
Duinkerke → partOf → French Flanders ⓘ
Saint-Omer → partOf → French Flanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Flanders (historical region)
County of Flanders → present-dayRegionIncludes → French Flanders ⓘ
Cambrésis → culturalRegion → French Flanders ⓘ
historical province of Cambrésis → historicalRegion → French Flanders ⓘ
subject surface form: Cambrésis
this entity surface form: Flanders-France borderland
historical province of Cambrésis → culturalRegion → French Flanders ⓘ
subject surface form: Cambrésis
Tourcoing → locatedIn → French Flanders ⓘ
Armentières → historicalRegion → French Flanders ⓘ
8th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force → notableTheatre → French Flanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: France and Flanders
City of Orchies → historicalRegion → French Flanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flanders
City of Orchies → locatedIn → French Flanders ⓘ
northern France → containsCulturalRegion → French Flanders ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern France
this entity surface form: Flanders (French Flanders)
Douai, France → historicRegion → French Flanders ⓘ
subject surface form: Douai
Wattrelos → locatedIn → French Flanders ⓘ
Wattrelos → historicalRegion → French Flanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flanders
French Flanders campaign of 1745 → location → French Flanders ⓘ
French Flanders campaign of 1745 → geographicalContext → French Flanders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Flanders
City of Calais → partOf → French Flanders ⓘ
Lys River → flowsThrough → French Flanders ⓘ