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Flemish people or Flemings (Dutch: Vlamingen [ˈvlaːmɪŋə(n)] ; French: Flamands) are one of three Belgian main ethnic groups native to Flanders, Belgium, who speak Flemish Dutch. Flemish people make up the majority of Belgians, at about 60%. Flemish was historically a geographical term, as all inhabitants of the medieval County of Flanders in modern-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands were refe
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Vlamingen (Dutch) | |
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 Flag of Flanders, the symbol of the Flemish people. | |
 Flemish Community in Belgium and Europe | |
| Total population | |
| c. 7 million (2011 estimate) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Belgium (Flanders) | 6,450,765 |
| United States | Indeterminable (352,630 Belgians) |
| France | 187,750 |
| Canada | 13,840–176,615 |
| South Africa | 55,200 |
| Australia | 15,130 |
| Brazil | 6,000 |
| Languages | |
| Dutch (East Flemish, West Flemish, Brabantian) Limburgish Flemish Sign Language | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly and historically Roman Catholic with Protestant minority Increasingly irreligious | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Dutch, Walloons, Afrikaners, Vilamovians, Germans, English | |
^a U.S. population census does not differentiate between Walloons and Flemish, therefore the number of the latter is unknown. ^b In 2011, 13,840 respondents stated Flemish ethnic origin. Another 176,615 reported Belgian. See List of Canadians by ethnicity | |
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