Flemish people

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The Flemish people are a Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders in northern Belgium, known for their Dutch-based language (Flemish Dutch) and rich cultural traditions in art, commerce, and regional autonomy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Flemish people canonical 9
Dutch-speaking Belgians 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (82)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic people
ethnic group
artTradition Flemish Baroque painting
Flemish painting
associatedWith Flemish Community
Flemish Region
capitalRegion Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
country Belgium
culture Flemish culture
demographicStatusInBelgium largest linguistic group
economicRoleCurrently industrial and service economy
economicRoleHistorically major trading community in the Low Countries
ethnicallyNativeTo Flanders
ethnicGroupIn Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
France
Netherlands
South Africa
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
flag Flag of Flanders
historicalLanguage Middle Dutch
Old Dutch
historicalPeriodOfProminence Baroque
surface form: Baroque era

Late Middle Ages
Renaissance
historicalRegion County of Flanders
Low Countries
knownFor art
commerce
regional autonomy movements
trade
language Dutch
languageBranch West Germanic languages
languageFamily Germanic languages
languageVariety Flemish Dutch
legalStatusInBelgium constitutive community
majority language group
locatedIn northern Belgium
minorityStatus linguistic majority in Belgium but minority in Europe
musicTradition Flemish polyphony
notableArtist Anthony van Dyck
Hans Memling
Jan van Eyck
Peter Paul Rubens
partOf Belgians
surface form: Belgian people
politicalGoal greater autonomy for Flanders
recognition of Dutch as official language in Belgium
politicalMovement Flemish Movement
populationCenter Antwerp
Bruges
Ghent
Hasselt
Leuven
region Flanders
relatedEthnicGroup Afrikaners
Dutch people
Frisians
Walloon people
religionCurrently Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
secularism
religionHistorically Roman Catholicism
sports cycling
sportsEvent Tour of Flanders
subregion Antwerp Province
East Flanders
Flemish Brabant
Limburg (Belgium)
West Flanders
symbol Flemish lion
surface form: Flemish Lion
traditionalCuisine Belgian fries
Liège waffle
surface form: Belgian waffles

Flemish stew
traditionalDrink Belgian beer
traditionalFestival Procession of the Holy Blood
surface form: Bruges Procession of the Holy Blood

Carnival of Aalst
Ghent Festival
surface form: Ghent Festivities
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (10)

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

James Ensor ethnicGroup Flemish people
Flag of Flanders symbolizes Flemish people
Dutch people relatedEthnicGroup Flemish people
Bart De Wever ethnicGroup Flemish people
Liberal Party (Belgium) languageCommunity Flemish people
this entity surface form: Dutch-speaking Belgians
André Waterkeyn ethnicGroup Flemish people
Flemish community in Genoa ethnicGroup Flemish people
Hendrick Aerts ethnicGroup Flemish people