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Message:: [QUOTE="Mikjo0, post: 129614, member: 3565"]You're right Aidan but I decided to find out if this was always the case and found this in Wikipedia: "The precise geographical area denominated by Flanders has changed a great deal over the centuries.In the Middle Ages, the term Flanders was applied to an area in western Europe, the County of Flanders, spread over:    * France :          o- a part of what is now the Nord département (Nord-Pas de Calais), in north-eastern France, often called French Flanders or sometimes even South-Flanders.    * Belgium :          o- the area that is now approximately the Flemish provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders          o- the french-speaking area at the west of the Scheldt river, called Tournaisis (from the flemish town Tournai)    * Netherlands :          o- a part of what is now Zeeland in south-western Netherlands, called Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. The significance of the County and its counts eroded through time, but the designation remained in a very broad sense. In the Early Modern, the term Flanders was associated to the southern part of the Low Countries, the Southern Netherlands. The term Walloon Flanders corresponds to the French-speaking Flemish region around Mons."[/QUOTE]