ˈflɒːndərn̩]; French: Flandre-Occidentale [flɑ̃dʁ ɔksidɑ̃tal]; German: Westflandern [ˈvɛstˌflandɐn] ) is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region
the province) elected by the Provincial Council from among its members. In Flemish Brabant, there is also a Deputy Governor (Dutch: Adjunct van de gouverneur)
region around Belgium was inhabited by the Belgae, and became the Roman province of Gallia Belgica in 22 BC. In the Middle Ages, the region was part of
page 267 Annales de la Société d'Emulation de Bruges, Société d'Emulation pour l'Histoire et les Antiquités de la FlandreOccidentale, 1866, page 148 Proceedings