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French Flanders ( French: La Flandre française, pronounced [flɑ̃dʁə fʁɑ̃sɛz]) [ 1] is a part of the historical County of Flanders, where Flemish —a Low Franconian dialect cluster of Dutch —was (and to some extent, still is) traditionally spoken. The region lies in the modern-day northern French region of Hauts-de-France, and ...
If the names are different in French, Dutch or German, they are given in parentheses (only given if the river flows in French, Dutch or German-speaking territory). Note for additions: Please remember to add the city where the river meets for each river. For an alphabetical overview of rivers of Belgium, see the category Category:Rivers of Belgium.
The Yser ( US: / iːˈzɛər / ee-ZAIR, [ 1] French: [izɛʁ]; Dutch: IJzer [ˈɛizər] ⓘ) is a river that rises in French Flanders (the north of France ), enters the Belgian province of West Flanders and flows through the Ganzepoot and into the North Sea at the town of Nieuwpoort . The source of the Yser is in Buysscheure ( Buisscheure ), in ...
The rivers are grouped by sea or ocean. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. Some rivers (e.g. Sûre/Sauer) do not flow through France themselves, but they are mentioned for having French tributaries. They are given in italics. For clarity, only ...
Etymology. The name Meuse is derived from the French name of the river, derived from its Latin name, Mosa, which ultimately derives from the Celtic or Proto-Celtic name * Mosā. This probably derives from the same root as English "maze", referring to the river's twists and turns. [ 12]
Designated. 2 February 2020. Reference no. 2405 [3] The Scheldt ( / ˈʃɛlt, ˈskɛlt / SHELT, SKELT; French: Escaut [ɛsko]; Dutch: Schelde [ˈʃxɛldə] ⓘ) is a 435-kilometre-long (270 mi) [4] river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea.
There is still a French-speaking minority in Flanders, especially in the municipalities with language facilities, along the language border and the Brussels periphery (Vlaamse Rand), though many of them are French-speakers that migrated to Flanders in recent decades. In French Flanders, French is the only official language and now the native ...
The County of Flanders was created in the year 862 as a feudal fief in West Francia, the predecessor of the Kingdom of France.After a period of growing power within France, it was divided when its western districts fell under French rule in the late 12th century, with the remaining parts of Flanders came under the rule of the counts of neighbouring Hainaut in 1191.