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Flemish
The Netherlands and Flanders share the same language and culture; in which it should be noted that the Flemish belong to the traditional Southern Dutch subgroup (as indicated above) while the majority (roughly 75%) of the Ethnic Dutch in the Netherlands belong and/or reside in the Northern Dutch cultural sphere. Though it should be noted that considerable diversity exists even within these two broad groupings, which do not guarantee absolute cultural uniformity.

Several names are used to describe the "Culture of Flanders and the Netherlands", the most common being Dutch culture, Dutchophone culture and Flemish and Dutch Culture. Not all of these are without criticism; use of "Dutch culture" for example (due to Dutch principally referring to the Netherlands in everyday speech) is viewed by some to be Hollandocentric, whereas "Flemish and Dutch culture" is said to suggest a clear division, which does not exist. (CivisM)

(multiregional pride, )

Origins in Flanders, Brabant (expand)

What makes the relation between these two populations complicated is that despite having the same language and culture, Flemings do not consider themselves to be Dutch. This paradoxical situation is the result of various factors, chiefly historical political development, Belgian nationalism and reactionary Flemish nationalism in responds to the latter.

As the fledgling Belgian state was very much Anti-Dutch and Pro-French in its domestic policies, in time, Dutch intellectuals in Belgium started protesting against the oppression of the Dutch language in Belgium. This eventually would result in a mass social movement, retrospectively called the Flemish movement. The political impact of this movement, would result in equal legal status for the Dutch language (1898) as well as the federalization of the initially unitary Belgian state in 1970. In 1971, in accordance with the new state reforms, two regions, Flanders and Wallonia, were formed, and three 'cultural communities'; a French, a German and a Dutch one (later renamed 'Flemish community') were established.

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