palmbird ·
Around 1000 AD, the western part of what is now Belgium was primarily inhabited by:
palmbird ·
1. The Flemish people - who were descendants of various Germanic tribes (particularly the Franks) that had settled in the region, mixed with the local population. They spoke Old Dutch/Old Low Franconian.
palmbird ·
2. Some remnants of Gallo-Roman populations - descendants of the romanized Gauls who had lived there during the Roman period.
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The region was part of the County of Flanders at this time, which was a feudal territory within the Kingdom of France. The area had already developed a distinct Flemish culture and identity, though it was quite different from modern Flemish culture.
palmbird ·
However, if you need absolutely precise details about specific local groups and their exact distributions, I should say "I don't know" as historical records from this period are sometimes incomplete and subject to scholarly debate.