Editing Flobecq

{{Short description|Municipality in Hainault Province, Belgium}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name=Flobecq
|native_name={{native_name|pcd|Flôbek}}
|namenl = Vloesberg
|picture=Flobecq 050918 (2).JPG
|picture-legend=
|map= Flobecq Hainaut Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend=Location of Flobecq in Hainaut
|arms= Blason ville be Flobecq.svg
|flag=Flag_of_Flobecq.gif
|region={{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community={{BE-FR}}
|province={{BE-PROV-HT}}
|arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Ath|Ath]]
|nis=51019
|pyramid-date=
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|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor=[[Philippe Mettens]] (PS)
|majority=[[Socialist Party (Belgium)|PS - Vitalité]]
|postal-codes=7880
|telephone-area=068
|web=[http://www.flobecq.be/ www.flobecq.be]
|coordinates = {{coord|50|44|N|03|44|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
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'''Flobecq''' ({{IPA|fr|flɔbɛk|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Flobecq.wav}}; {{langx|nl|Vloesberg}} {{IPA|nl|ˈvluzbɛr(ə)x|}}; {{langx|pcd|Flôbek}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Hainaut Province|province of Hainaut]], [[Belgium]]. It borders to the municipalities of [[Ellezelles]] (to the west) and [[Lessines]] (to the east) in the same province and to [[Brakel, Belgium|Brakel]] in the province of [[East Flanders]], on the other side of the language border.

On January 1, 2018, Flobecq had a total population of 3,420. The total area is {{cvt|23|km2}} which gives a [[population density]] of {{convert|150|pd/sqkm}}.

Flobecq is a tourist village. Each year, on the nearest Friday to 17 January, there is a marvelous local feast based on the adoration of Saint Antony.

Flobecq offers [[Municipalities with language facilities|language facilities]] for Dutch speakers.

== 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.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* [http://www.flobecq.be flobecq.be] - official site

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Flobecq
|N  = [[Brakel, Belgium|Brakel]] ([[East Flanders|VOV]])
|E  = [[Brakel, Belgium|Brakel]] ([[East Flanders|VOV]])
|SE = [[Lessines]]
|S  = [[Ellezelles]]
|W  = [[Ellezelles]]
|NW = [[Maarkedal]] ([[East Flanders|VOV]])
}}
{{Hainaut}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Hainaut (province)]]