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Campine
The Campine, or Kempen, is a region of sandy heathland and pine forest in north-eastern Belgium and the southern Netherlands, roughly between the Scheldt, the Meuse and the Demer. In late Roman times it was part of Toxandria, where the Emperor Julian allowed the Salian Franks to settle in 358. Poor soils kept it thinly settled until coal mining and industry developed in the 20th century.
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