This is a list of flags used in Belgium.
National Flag
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1831–present | Flag of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 13:15 ratio. Technically the national flag, but rarely seen in the officially approved dimensions. |
Ensign
Military
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1950–present | Flag of the Belgian Army | The Army badge, crowned, on a white field |
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Ensign of the Belgian Air Force | The Air Force badge and roundel on a blue field. | |
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Naval Ensign of the Belgian Navy | A yellow saltire on a white field, bordered above and below in red and to the left and right in black, charged on the top with a crown above crossed cannons and on the bottom by a fouled anchor. | |
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Naval Jack of the Belgian Navy | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 1:1 ratio. | |
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Pennant of the Belgian navy | ||
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Standard of the Admiral Benelux | ||
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Honorary flag of Bishops serving the Belgian Armed Forces. |
Sub-national
Regions and Communities
Flag | Administrative division | Adopted | Description | |
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Brussels-Capital Region | 2015 | Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region |
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Flemish Community and the Flemish Region | 1973 | Flag of Flanders |
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French Community and Walloon Region | 1991–present (French Community) 1998–present (Walloon Region) |
Flag of Wallonia |
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German-speaking community | 1990 | A banner of the community's arms. |
Provinces
Flag | Administrative division | Adopted | Description | |
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Antwerp | 1997 | |
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East Flanders | 1999 | |
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Flemish Brabant | 1996 | |
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Hainaut | ||
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Liège | ||
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Limburg | 1996 | |
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Luxembourg | 2018 | Azure and white horizontal stripes with the crowned red lion[1] |
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Namur | ||
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Walloon Brabant | 1995 | Sable a lion Or armed and langued Gules chaped Or two roosters Gules. |
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West Flanders | 1997 | Prized in twelve pieces of Azure and Or, heart shield Gules |
Community Commissions in Brussels
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Common Community Commission | ||
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Flag of the Flemish Community Commission | ||
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Flag of the French Community Commission |
Municipalities
Royal Standards
Monarch
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1909–1934 | Royal Standard of Albert I | A square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms personalised with the King's cypher in each corner. |
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1934–1951 | Royal Standard of Leopold III | A square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms personalised with the King's cypher in each corner. |
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1951–1993 | Royal Standard of Baudouin I | A square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms personalised with the King's cypher in each corner. |
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1993–2013 | Royal Standard of Albert II | A square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms personalised with the King's cypher in each corner. |
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2013–present | Royal Standard of Philippe | A square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms personalised with the King's cypher in each corner. |
Royal Consort
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2013–present | Royal Standard of the Queen Mathilde | A square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms personalised with the Consort's cypher in each corner. |
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1993–present | Royal Standard of the Queen Paola | A square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms personalised with the Consort's cypher in each corner. |
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1960–2014 | Royal Standard of the Queen Fabiola | A square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms personalised with the Consort's cypher in each corner. |
Historical
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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early 1400s[2] | Imperial Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor | An Imperial Eagle displayed with a halo sable armed and langued gules |
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862–1797[3] | Flag of the County of Flanders | A yellow flag with a black lion in the center. |
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1183-1794[4] | Flag of the Duchy of Brabant | A golden lion on a black field. |
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1713-1740[5] | Flag of the Archduchy of Austria | A yellow field with a black double headed eagle with a crown on top and carrying the tricolored arms of Austria on his chest. |
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1781–1786[6] | Flag of the Austrian Netherlands | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, white and gold with the arms of Austria. |
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1789 | Flag of the Brabant Revolution | A yellow field bordered with red and black triangles and the brabant lion in the center. |
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1789–1790 | Flag of the Brabant Revolution | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black and yellow. |
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~1790s | Flag of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, but also of the Republic of Liège | A bicolour, with two equal vertical bands of red and yellow. |
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1830 | Flag of the revolutionary volunteers from Liège, led by Charles Rogier, during the Belgian Revolution | Bicolour of Liège, with two equal vertical bands of red and yellow, with the superimposed slogan "Vanquish or Die for Brussels" |
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1830–1831 | Flag of the Belgian Revolution | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red. |
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1858 | Royal ensign | |
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c. 1865 | Fanion of the Belgian Legion during the French intervention in Mexico | Tricolour of Mexican Empire, superimposed with the Belgian tricolour to top left. |
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1883-1920 | Flag of Neutral Moresnet | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, white and blue. |
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1940–1944 | Flag of used in Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France | War Ensign of Germany |
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1959-1973 | Flag of the Minister of Defence of Belgium |
Brussels
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1991–2015 | Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region | A yellow iris on a blue field. |
Wallonia
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1913 (1991)–2010 | First version of Flag of Wallonia | |
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2010-2017 | Second version of Flag of Wallonia |
Colonial
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1908–1960 | Flag of the Belgian Congo | A blue flag with yellow five-pointed star. |
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1936–1960[7] | Standard of the Governor-General of the Belgian Congo | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red, with a yellow star in the upper left canton on a blue field. |
Political flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current
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Pro Belgica | ||
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2000–present | Flag of Arab European League | |
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1999–present | Flag of the Nation | |
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1978–present | Flag of the Socialist Party | |
former
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1978-2004 | Flag of the Vlaams Blok | |
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1949-1983 | Flag of the Order of Flemish Militants | Red Odal on black background. |
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1935-1945 | Flag of the Rexist Party | |
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1933-1944 | Flag of the Vlaams Nationaal Verbond | |
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1931-1941 | Flag of the Verdinaso | |
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Flemish strijdvlag as adopted by certain parts of the Flemish Movement | ||
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Flag of the Rassemblement Wallonie France | ||
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Flag of the Wallonie Libre |
House flags of Belgian freight companies
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1895–Present | Compagnie Maritime Belge | |
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1871–1935 | Red Star Line |
Other
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1957–present | Unofficial flag of Benelux | A Dutch tricolour superimposed with a rampant lion and black square |
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1955–present | Flag of Europe | A circle of 12 5-pointed gold (yellow) stars on a blue field. |
References
- ^ Official email response from the Greffe of the Province of Luxembourg, May 2, 2018
- ^ www.crwflags.com
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