Editing Seventeen Provinces (section)

== Flanders ==
The same confusion exists around the word ''Flanders''. Historically, it applied to the [[County of Flanders]], corresponding roughly with the present-day provinces of [[West Flanders]], [[East Flanders]] and [[French Flanders]]. However, when the Dutch-speaking population of Belgium sought more rights in the 19th century, the word ''Flanders'' was reused, this time to refer to the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, which is larger and contains only part of the old county of Flanders (see [[Flemish Movement]]). Therefore, the territory of the County of Flanders and that of present-day Flanders do not fully match:
*[[French Flanders]] belonged to the County of Flanders, but is today part of France.
*[[Zeelandic Flanders]] belonged to the County of Flanders, but is today part of the Netherlands.
*[[Tournai and the Tournaisis]] was some period considered as part of the County of Flanders, but is today part of Wallonia.
* The present-day Belgian province of [[Flemish Brabant]] belongs to present-day Flanders, but was part of the [[Duchy of Brabant]].
* The [[Antwerp (province)|present-day Belgian province of Antwerp]] belongs to present-day Flanders, but was part of the [[Duchy of Brabant]].
* The [[Limburg (Belgium)|present-day Belgian province of Limburg]] belongs to present-day Flanders, but was part of the [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège]].

This explains, for instance, why the province of [[East Flanders]] is not situated in the east of present-day Flanders.