List of Belgian flags
Flags on the town hall of Ypres with (left to right) the European, Belgian and Flemish Community flags
The royal standard of King Albert II
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Belgium. |
This is a list of flags used in Belgium.
National Flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 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. |
Sub-national
Regions and Communities
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1991–2015 | Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region | A yellow iris on a blue field. |
 | 2015–present | Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region | A stylized yellow, white and grey iris on a blue field. |
 | 1973-present | Flag of Flanders (the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region) | The Flemish Lion on a yellow field. |
 | 1991–present (French Community) 1998–present (Walloon Region) | Flag of Wallonia (the French Community and Walloon Region) | A red cockerel on a yellow field. |
 | 1990–present | Flag of the German-speaking community | A banner of the community's arms. |
Provinces
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1997–present | Flag of Antwerp | |
 | 1999–present | Flag of East Flanders | |
 | 1996–present | Flag of Flemish Brabant | |
 | Flag of Hainaut | ||
 | Flag of Liège | ||
.svg.png) | 1996–present | Flag of Limburg | |
 | Flag of Luxembourg | .[1]azure and white horizontal stripes with the crowned red lion | |
 | Flag of Namur | ||
 | 1995–present | Flag of Walloon Brabant | Sable a lion Or armed and langued Gules chaped Or two roosters Gules. |
 | 1997–present | Flag of West Flanders | Prized in twelve pieces of Azure and Or, heart shield Gules |
Community Commissions in Brussels
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flag of the Common Community Commission | ||
 | Flag of the Flemish Community Commission | ||
 | Flag of the French Community Commission |
Royal Standards
Monarch
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2013–present | Royal Standard of Philippe I | A square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms personalised with the King's cypher in each corner. |
 | 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. |
.svg.png) | 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. |
.svg.png) | 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. |
.svg.png) | 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. |
Royal Consort
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 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. |
 | 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. |
.svg.png) | 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. |
Ensign
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png) | 1831–present | Civil Ensign of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 2:3 ratio. |
 | 1950–present | State Ensign of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red defaced by a lion rampant ensigned by a crown, both sable (black), the lion armed and langued gules (red). |
 | 1950–present | Yacht Ensign of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with the royal crown in canton. |
Military
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1950–present | Flag of the Belgian Army | The Army badge, crowned, on a white field |
 | 1950–present | Ensign of the Belgian Air Force | The Air Force badge and roundel on a blue field. |
 | 1950–present | 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. |
 | 1950–present | Naval Jack of the Belgian Navy | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 1:1 ratio. |
 | Pennant of the Belgian navy |
Historical
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 15th–18th centuries[2] | Flag of the Habsburg Netherlands and later the Spanish Netherlands | A white flag with a red Cross of Burgundy. |
 | 1781–1786[3] | Flag of the Austrian Netherlands | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, white and gold with the arms of Austria. |
 | 1789–1790 | Flag of the Brabant Revolution | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black and yellow. |
 | ~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. |
.svg.png) | 1794–1815 | Flag of the French First Republic, later the French First Empire | A tricolour, with three equal vertical bands of red, white and blue. Briefly used by Belgian revolutionaries in 1830. |
 | 1815–1830 | Flag of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, white and blue. |
 | 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" |
.svg.png) | 1830–1831 | Flag of the Belgian Revolution | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red. |
.svg.png) | 1858 | Royal ensign | |
 | 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. |
 | 1918-20 | Flag of Neutral Moresnet | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, white and blue. |
 | 1930-1944 | Flag of the Rexist Party |
Colonial
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1908–1960 | Flag of the Belgian Congo | A blue flag with yellow five-pointed star. |
 | 1936–1960[4] | 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. |
Other
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1957-present | Unofficial flag of Benelux | A Dutch tricolour superimposed with a rampant lion and black square |
 | 1955-present | Flag of the European Union | 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
- www.crwflags.com
- www.crwflags.com
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.