Zeelandic Flanders
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Zeelandic Flanders is the southernmost region of the province of Zeeland in the south-western Netherlands. It lies south of the Western Scheldt that separates the region from the remainder of Zeeland to the north. Zeelandic Flanders is bordered to the south by Belgium.
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Notable people
- Lodewijk van den Berg, astronaut
- Willem Beukelszoon, inventor of gibbing
- Dick Dees, politician
- Jan Eekhout, author
- Jacques Hamelink, author and poet
- Willem van Hanegem, football player and coach
- Ate de Jong, director
- Annabel Kosten, swimmer
- Theo Middelkamp, professional cyclist
- Roelof Nelissen, politician and banker
- Jos de Putter, director
- Sandra Roelofs, First lady of Georgia (spouse of president Micheil Saakasjvili)
- Paul Tingen, schrijver, journalist, musician
- Kees Torn, comedian
- Herman Wijffels, Dutch administrator of the World Bank in Washington
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