Flanders (Belgium)
Flanders is the northern, Dutch-speaking region of Belgium. Flanders has a suface of 13.522 km² and accounts for some 60% of the total population. The Flemish Gross Regional Product provides 60% of the national GDP and is home to the majority of the country's industry and workforce, the region also generates the major part of national trade.
Flanders offers businesses a uniquely central location at the hub of European trade and the heart of European decision-making. Moreover, transport and communication infrastructures are highly developed.
Petrochemical, car assembly, diamond, textile, carpet and metalworking industries are playing a prominent part. Flanders works continuously at maintaining an innovative information economy and is a leader in its field when it comes to biotechnology, micro-electronics, multimedia or information technology.
- Flanders Investment & Trade - www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com
- The official guide to Flanders and Brussels - www.visitflanders.com
- Official portal of the Flemish government with information on all elements of Flanders. - www.flanders.be
- Website of the Flemish community with interesting information on entrepreneurship in Flanders. - http://www.ondernemen.vlaanderen.be