East Flanders

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East Flanders is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant, Hainaut and West Flanders. It has an area of 2,991 km² which is divided into six administrative districts (arrondissementen in Dutch) containing 65 municipalities. The provincial population is 1,389,199 and the capital is Ghent.

The flag has a black lion with red tongue and claws, on a background of horizontal white and green stripes. This a recent adaptation. The flag of East-Flanders used to be the same as that of the Flanders region; a black lion on a yellow background.

1 Governement
- 1.1 Governors
2 Sub divisions
- 2.1 Formal subdivisions: districts and municipalities
- 2.2 Informal subdivisons
3 References
4 External links

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Governement

The provincial parliament, Provincieraad, has 84 members<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oost-vlaanderen.be/public/over_provincie/beleid_bestuur/provincieraad/index.cfm |title=The provinical parliament, province East Flanders |accessdate=2006-03-14}}</ref>. Six people chosen by and from the parliament are the deputies, bestendigde deputatie, and form the daily governement. The daily governement is lead by the governor, who is appointed by the king.

André Denys(VLD) has been the governor of East Flanders since 26 november 2004<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oost-vlaanderen.be/public/over_provincie/beleid_bestuur/gouverneur/index.cfm |title=The governor, province East Flanders |accessdate=2006-03-14}}</ref>.

The provincial deputies are<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oost-vlaanderen.be/public/over_provincie/beleid_bestuur/bestend_deputatie/wieiswie/index.cfm |title=Who is who, province East Flanders |accessdate=2006-03-14}}</ref>:

The province has a yearly budget of approximately 300 million euro.

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Governors

Pierre De Ryckere (1830)
Werner de Lamberts-Cortenbach (1830-1834)
Charles Vilain XIIII (1834-1836)
Louis de Schiervel (1837-1843)
Leander Desmaisières (1843-1848)
Edouard De Jaegher (lib.) (1848-1871)
Emile de T'Serclaes De Wommersom (1871-1879)
Léon Verhaeghe de Naeyer (lib.) (1879-1885)
Raymond de Kerchove d'Exaerde (1885-1919)
Maurice Lippens (lib.) (1919-1921)
André de Kerchove de Denterghem (lib.) (1921-1929)
Karel Weyler (lib.) (1929-1935)
Jules Ingenbleek (lib.) (1935-1938)
Louis Frederiq (lib) (1938-1939)
Maurice Van den Boogaerde (1939-1954)
Albert Mariën (lib.) (1954-1963)
Roger de Kinder (BSP)( 1963-1984)
Herman Balthazar (SP.a) (1984-2004)
André Denys (VLD) (2004-)

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Sub divisions

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Formal subdivisions: districts and municipalities

District	Ghent District:	Oudenaarde District:	Eeklo District:	Aalst District:	Dendermonde District:	Sint-Niklaas District:
Location	Image:ArrGentLocatie.png	Image:ArrOudenaardeLocatie.png	Image:ArrEekloLocation.png	Image:ArrAalstLocation.png	Image:ArrDendermondeLocatie.png	Image:ArrSint-NiklaasLocatie.png
HASC NUTS INS Population Area	BE.OV.GT BE234 44 500,794 944m²	BE.OV.OD BE235 45 114,609 419m²	BE.OV.EK BE233 43 79,374 334m²	BE.OV.AL BE231 41 262,542 469m²	BE.OV.DM BE232 42 186,991 343m²	BE.OV.SN BE236 46 225,826 475m²
Municipalities	Aalter Deinze De Pinte Destelbergen Evergem Gavere Ghent Knesselare Lochristi Lovendegem Melle Merelbeke Moerbeke Nazareth Nevele Oosterzele Sint-Martens- Latem Waarschoot Wachtebeke Zomergem Zulte	Brakel Horebeke Kluisbergen Kruishoutem Lierde Maarkedal Oudenaarde Ronse Wortegem- Petegem Zingem Zwalm	Assenede Eeklo Kaprijke Maldegem Sint-Laureins Zelzate	Aalst Denderleeuw Erpe-Mere Geraardsbergen Haaltert Herzele Lede Ninove Sint-Lievens- Houtem Zottegem	Berlare Buggenhout Dendermonde Hamme Laarne Lebbeke Waasmunster Wetteren Wichelen Zele	Beveren Kruibeke Lokeren Sint-Gillis- Waas Sint-Niklaas Stekene Temse

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Informal subdivisons

Communities, regions and provinces of Belgium		Image:Flag of Belgium.svg
Communities:	French Community of Belgium \| Flemish Community in Belgium \| German-speaking Community of Belgium
Regions and provinces:	Flanders: Antwerp \| East Flanders \| Flemish Brabant \| Limburg \| West Flanders
	Wallonia: Hainaut \| Liège \| Luxembourg \| Namur \| Walloon Brabant
	Brussels-Capital Region