4. HISTORY OF NAME USE

Belgium:

1898 Law equal rights language communities

1930 Language act: Dutch names to be used in Dutch-speaking part

1937 Names of Flanders municipalities defined (in Dutch)

1950 First maps with Dutch names added (in parentheses)

(Belgique/België 1:25 000. Bruxelles-Zaventem. M834-1, 31/3-4 1959)

 

1960 Second version: all names doubled > only space enough for half the names

(België-Belgique-Belgium 1:25 000 Brussel-Bruxelles-Zaventem 31/3-4, M834-3, 1982)

 

1980 Dutch areas of Brussels: Dutch names, French areas: French names

(Bruxelles/Brussel 31. België-Belgique- Belgium 1:50 000 M736-1, 31. 1974)