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Encyclopedia > List of Belgian flags

This is a list of flags used in Belgium.

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National Flag

Flag Date Use Description
1831 - Flag of Belgium tricolour, with three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side), yellow and red

Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The state and war flag. ... French tricolour flag A tricolour is a flag or banner having three colours, usually in approximately equal size (horizontally or vertically) and lacking additional symbols. ...

Royal Standard

Flag Date Use Description
1993 - Personal Standard of King Albert II A banner of the King's Arms personalised with the crowned "A"

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Albert II, King of the Belgians (Albert Félix Humbert Théodore Chrétien Eugène Marie), (born June 6, 1934), is the current King of the Belgians and a constitutional monarch. ...

Government

Flag Date Use Description
State Ensign Flag of Belgium with a crowned lion from the coat of arms

Image File history File links Government_Ensign_of_Belgium. ... Greater coat of arms Belgiums great coat of arms The Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Belgium contains a pair of lions (called the Belgian Lion, or Leo Belgicus), that are the national symbols of the Belgian nation. ...

Military

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Belgian Army The Army's badge, crowned, on a white field
Ensign of the Belgian Navy A three striped saltire of black, yellow and red, with the Naval Badge
Jack of the Belgian Navy Belgian tricolor with a 1:1 ratio
Ensign of the Belgian Air Force The Air Force's roundel on a blue field

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Flag of Belgium The Land Component, formerly the Belgian Army, is the land-based armed force of the Belgian Armed Forces. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Belgium. ... Ensign of the Belgian Navy The Naval Component, formerly the Belgian Navy, is the naval service of Belgium. ... The arms of St Albans: Azure, a saltire Or (a gold saltire on a blue field) For The Saltire (proper noun) see Flag of Scotland. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Ensign of the Belgian Navy The Naval Component, formerly the Belgian Navy, is the naval service of Belgium. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Air Component, formerly the Belgian Air Force, is the air arm of the Belgian Armed Forces. ...

Sub-national

Regions and Communities

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region A yellow iris on a blue field
Flag of Flemish Region A banner of the Coat of Arms
Flag of Wallonia A red cockrel on a yellow field
Flag of the German-speaking community of Belgium A banner of the region's arms

Image File history File links Flag_Belgium_brussels. ... The Brussels-Capital Region (French: R gion de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, German: Region Br ssel-Hauptstadt) or Brussels Region (French: R gion Bruxelloise, Dutch: Brusselse Gewest) is one of the three regions of Belgium. ... Species See text Iris is a genus of between 200-300 species of flowering plants with showy flowers which takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, referring to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Flanders. ... The Flemish region is one of the three official regions of the Kingdom of Belgium (alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Wallonia. ... Wallonia (French: Wallonie, German: Wallonien, Walloon: Walonreye, Dutch: Wallonië) or the Walloon Region (French: Région Wallonne, Dutch: Waals Gewest) is the predominantly French-speaking region that constitutes one of the three federal regions of Belgium, with its capital at Namur. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Executive (government) of the German-speaking Community meets in Eupen Flag of the German-speaking community in Belgium The German-speaking Community of Belgium (German: , short DGB) is one of the three federal communities in Belgium. ...

Provinces

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of Antwerp
Flag of East Flanders
Flag of Flemish Brabant
Flag of Hainaut
Flag of Liège
Flag of Limburg
Flag of Luxembourg
Flag of Namur
Flag of Walloon Brabant
Flag of West Flanders

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