East Flanders
East Flanders is one of the five provinces of Flanders. Its capital is Ghent. Four major rivers - Scheldt, Leie, Dender and Durme - run through the province area and lend their name, fame and strength to the region.Photo: Demeester, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Popular Destinations
Ghent
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Ghent is a city in East Flanders in Belgium. Ghent is a city with a population of 265,000 in 2020, with rich history.
Aalst
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Aalst is in East Flanders, Belgium. A medium-sized town by Belgian standards, with a population of around 77,000 people.
Dendermonde
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Dendermonde is a city in East Flanders. The small-sized city has about 46,000 inhabitants.
Destinations
Sint-Niklaas
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Sint-Niklaas is a medium-sized city of around 82,000 people, in East Flanders, between the bigger cities of Antwerp and Ghent.
Oudenaarde
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Oudenaarde is a city in East Flanders. Oudenaarde is about 30 km south of Ghent, the capital of the province.
Beveren
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Beveren is municipality of 48,000 people between Ghent and Antwerp in East Flanders, Belgium.
Deinze
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Deinze is a town in East Flanders, Belgium. A small-sized town by Belgian standards, with a population of around 30,000 people.
Eeklo
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Eeklo is a town in the northwestern part of East Flanders.
Zottegem
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Zottegem is a vibrant small town in the southeastern corner of East Flanders.
Geraardsbergen
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Geraardsbergen is a beautiful city in the southeastern corner of East Flanders.
Waasmunster
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Waasmunster is a municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium.
Sint-Martens-Latem
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Sint-Martens-Latem is a village just southwest of the regional capital Ghent in East Flanders, Belgium.
Berlare
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Berlare is a small town of 14,000 inhabitants in East Flanders, consisting of Overmere, Uitbergen, Donk and Berlare proper.
East Flanders
- Type: province of Belgium with 1,520,000 residents
- Description: province in Flanders, Belgium
- Neighbors: Antwerp, Flemish Brabant, Hainaut, West Flanders and Zeeland
- Location: Flemish Region, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude of centre
51° northLongitude of centre
3.75° or 3° 45' eastPopulation
1,520,000Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)Abbreviation
OVLGeoNames ID
2789733Wikidata ID
Q1114East Flanders Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Oos-Vlaandere
- Albanian: Flandria Lindore
- Arabic: Oost-Vlaanderen
- Arabic: فلاندر الشرقية
- Aragonese: Flandres Oriental
- Armenian: Արևելյան Ֆլանդրիա
- Asturian: Provincia de Flandes Oriental
- Azerbaijani: Şərqi Flandriya
- Balinese: Flandria Kangin
- Basque: Ekialdeko Flandria
- Bavarian: Provinz Ostflandern
- Belarusian: Усходняя Фландрыя
- Belarusian: Усходняя Фляндрыя
- Bengali: ইস্ট ফ্লান্ডার্স
- Breton: Reter-Flandrez
- Bulgarian: Източна Фландрия
- Catalan: Flandes Oriental
- Cebuano: Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen
- Chinese: Oost-Vlaanderen Séng
- Chinese: 东佛兰德
- Chinese: 东佛兰德斯省
- Chinese: 东佛兰德省
- Chinese: 東法蘭德斯
- Chinese: 東法蘭德斯省
- Croatian: Istočna Flandrija
- Czech: Východní Flandry
- Danish: Østflandern
- Dutch: OV
- Dutch: Oost-Vlaanderen
- Dutch: Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen
- Egyptian Arabic: فلاندر الشرقيه
- English: BE-VOV
- English: East Flanders Province
- English: East Flemish Province
- English: Oost-Vlaanderen
- English: Province of East Flanders
- Esperanto: Orienta Flandrio
- Estonian: Ida-Flandria
- Estonian: Ida-Flandria provints
- Finnish: Itä-Flanderi
- French: Flandre-Orientale
- French: Flandre Orientale
- French: Province de Flandre-Orientale
- French: Province de Flandre Orientale
- French: province de Flandre-Orientale
- Galician: Flandres Oriental
- Galician: Provincia de Flandres oriental
- Georgian: აღმოსავლეთი ფლანდრია
- German: Ost-Flandern
- German: Ostflandern
- German: Provinz Ostflandern
- Greek: Ανατολική Φλάνδρα
- Gujarati: ઇસ્ટ ફ્લેન્ડર્સ
- Hebrew: פלנדריה המזרחית
- Hindi: पूर्वी फ्लैंडर्स
- Hungarian: Kelet-Flandria
- Icelandic: Austur-Flæmingjaland
- Indonesian: Flanders Timur
- Irish: Flóndras Thoir
- Italian: Fiandre orientali
- Italian: provincia delle Fiandre Orientali
- Japanese: オースト=フランデレン州
- Kannada: ಈಸ್ಟ್ ಫ್ಲಾಂಡರ್ಸ್
- Korean: 오스트플란데런주
- Kölsch: Oßßflaandere
- Latin: Flandria Orientalis
- Latvian: Austrumflandrija
- Limburgan: Oos-Vlaandere
- Lithuanian: Rytų Flandrijos provincija
- Low German: Oostfloandern
- Luxembourgish: Provënz Ostflandern
- Macedonian: Источна Фландрија
- Malay: Flanders Timur
- Maltese: Fjandri tal-Lvant
- Marathi: पूर्व फ्लांडर्स
- Min Nan Chinese: Oost-Vlaanderen Séng
- Northern Frisian: Uastflandern
- Norwegian: Øst-Flandern
- Norwegian Bokmål: Øst-Flandern
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Aust-Flandern
- Occitan (post 1500): Flandra Orientala
- Ossetian: Скæсæн Фландри
- Persian: استان فلاندری شرقی
- Persian: فلاندر شرقی
- Picard: Flande-Oryintale
- Polish: Flandria Wschodnia
- Polish: Prowincja Flandria Wschodnia
- Portuguese: Flandres Oriental
- Romanian: Flandra de Est
- Russian: Восточная Фландрия
- Scots: East Flanders
- Scots: Province o East Flanders
- Serbian: Источна Фландрија
- Serbo-Croatian: Istočna Flandrija
- Serbo-Croatian: Oßßflaandere
- Sinhala: නැගෙනහිර ෆ්ලන්ඩර්ස්
- Slovak: Východné Flámsko
- Slovenian: Oost-Vlaanderen
- Slovenian: Provinca Vzhodna Flandrija
- Slovenian: Vzhodna Flandrija
- Spanish: Flandes Oriental
- Spanish: Provincia de Flandes Oriental
- Swedish: Östflandern
- Tamil: கிழக்கு பிலான்டெர்ஸ்
- Tamil: கிழக்கு பிளாண்டர்சு
- Tamil: கிழக்கு பிளான்டெர்ஸ்
- Telugu: ఈస్ట్ ఫ్లాండర్స్
- Thai: จังหวัดอีสต์ฟลานเดอส์
- Thai: จังหวัดโอสต์-ฟลานเดอเริน
- Tosk Albanian: Provinz Ostflandern
- Turkish: Doğu Flandre
- Ukrainian: Східна Фландрія
- Urdu: مشرقی فلانڈرز
- Vietnamese: Oost-Vlaanderen
- Vietnamese: Đông Flandre
- Vlaams: Provinsje Ôost-Vloandern
- Vlaams: Ôost-Vloandern
- Volapük: Lofüda⸗Flanän
- Volapük: Oost-Vlaanderen
- Walloon: Flande levantrece
- Walloon: Province di Flande levantrece
- Waray (Philippines): Oost-Vlaanderen
- Welsh: Dwyrain Fflandrys
- Western Frisian: East-Flaanderen
- Western Panjabi: چڑھدا فلینڈرز
- Wu Chinese: 东佛兰德省
- Yue Chinese: 東法蘭德斯
- Zeeuws: Oôst-Vlaonderen
- Oos-Vlaondere
- Provincia delle Fiandre Orientali
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page East Flanders. Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.