Editing Flobecq (section)

== History ==
Flobecq was initially under strong influence of [[Tournai]] and, as in Tournai, [[Picard language|Picard]] was spoken there. Since the 13th century, the area was continuously disputed between the [[County of Flanders]] and the [[County of Hainaut]]. Therefore, the region (including neighbouring places like [[Lessines]], [[Ellezelles]], ...) was often called "debate land" (Dutch: ''debattenland''; French: ''terre des débats'').

In 1963, when the language border was fixed, within the municipality of Flobecq, only the village of La Houppe/D'Hoppe was Dutch-speaking. However, the village was not transferred to Dutch-speaking [[East Flanders]] and remained in French-speaking area. Instead, Flobecq as a whole became a [[Municipalities with language facilities|municipality with language facilities]] for Dutch.