East Flanders Province

East Flanders Oost-Vlaanderen ( Dutch ) Flandre-Orientale ( French )
Country:	Belgium
Region :	Flanders
Capital:	Ghent
Area :	2,982 km²
Residents	1,515,064 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density	508 inhabitants / km²
surface	2,982 km²
Municipalities :	60
Website:	www.oost-vlaanderen.be
NIS code	40000
politics
Governor:	Jan Briers ( N-VA )
Location of the province in Belgium
60 municipalities in the province

East Flanders ( Dutch Oost-Vlaanderen ^{? / I} ) is one of the five provinces of the Belgian region of Flanders . It lies between the provinces of West Flanders in the west and Antwerp and Flemish Brabant in the east. East Flanders borders the Dutch province of Zeeland to the north and the province of Hainaut in Wallonia to the south .

Districts

The province of East Flanders is divided into six districts. These are in French as arrondissements and in Dutch as arrondissementen referred. Sometimes the term arrondissement is also used in German, although district is the official term.

district	Communities	Residents January 1, 2019	Area km²	Density of population / km²	NIS code
Aalst	10	291,229	468.92	621	41000
Dendermonde	10	201.213	342.48	588	42000
Eeklo	6th	85,235	333.83	255	43000
Ghent	17th	560,522	943.60	594	44000
Oudenaarde	10	124,342	418.81	297	45000
Sint-Niklaas	7th	252.523	474.60	532	46000
East Flanders Province	60	1,515,064	2,982.24	508	40000

See also : List of districts in Belgium

Communities

Since January 1, 2019, the province of East Flanders has consisted of 60 municipalities (population on January 1, 2019).

1. Aalst (86,445)
2. Aalter (28,784)
3. Assenede (14,256)
4. Berlare (14,958)
5. Beveren (48,668)
6. Brakel (14,801)
7. Buggenhout (14,517)
8. De Pinte (10,683)
9. Deinze (43,264)
10. Denderleeuw (20,338)
11. Dendermonde (45,769)
12. Destelbergen (18,271)
13. Eeklo (21,134)
14. Erpe-Mere (19,811)
15. Evergem (35,447)
16. Gavere (12,805)
17. Ghent (262,219)
18. Geraardsbergen (33,439)
19. Haaltert (18,633)
20. Hamme (24,865)
21. Herzele (18,027)
22. Horebeke (2036)
23. Caprijke (6434)
24. Kluisbergen (6488)
25. Kruibeke (16,745)
26. Kruisem (15,638)
27. Laarne (12,370)
28. Lebbeke (19,321)
29. Lede (18,701)
30. Lierde (6616)
31. Lievegem (26,007)
32. Lochristi (22,489)
33. Lokeren (41,690)
34. Maarkedal (6343)
35. Maldegem (23,774)
36. Melle (11,736)
37. Merelbeke (24,660)
38. Moerbeke (6481)
39. Nazareth (11,619)
40. Ninove (38,911)
41. Ooster cele (13,590)
42. Oudenaarde (31,393)
43. Ronse (26,479)
44. Sint-Gillis-Waas (19,370)
45. Sint-Laureins (6783)
46. Sint-Lievens-Houtem (10,342)
47. Sint-Martens-Latem (8392)
48. Sint-Niklaas (77,679)
49. Stekene (18,445)
50. Temse (29,926)
51. Waasmunster (10,801)
52. Wachtebeke (7771)
53. Wetteren (25,815)
54. Wichelen (11,672)
55. Wortegem-Petegem (6397)
56. Zele (21,125)
57. Zelzate (12,854)
58. Zottegem (26,582)
59. Zulte (15,720)
60. Zwalm (8148)

See also : List of former municipalities in the province of East Flanders  and List of municipalities in Flanders

economy

In comparison with the gross domestic product of the European Union, expressed in purchasing power standards , the province achieved an index of 109 (EU-25: 100) in 2015, slightly lower than the Belgian average of 119, but above the EU average. In 2017, the unemployment rate was 3.4%, which is below the national average.

Web links

Commons : East Flanders  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mouvement de la population par commune depuis 1992 (XLSX; 2.56 MB)
2. ↑ Eurostat. Retrieved April 27, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Unemployment rate, by NUTS 2 regions. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .