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"Flags of Belgium" redirects here. For the current national flag of Belgium, see Flag of Belgium.
Flags on a Flemish townhall with (left to right) the European, Belgian and Flemish Community flags
The royal standard of King Albert II
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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.

Ensign

Flag Date Use Description
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).
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
Ensign of the Belgian Air Force The Air Force badge and roundel on a blue field.
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.
Naval Jack of the Belgian Navy A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 1:1 ratio.
Pennant of the Belgian navy
Standard of the Admiral Benelux
Honorary flag of Bishops serving the Belgian Armed Forces.

Sub-national

Regions and Communities

Flag Administrative division Adopted Description
Brussels-Capital Region 2015 Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region
Flemish Community and the Flemish Region 1973 Flag of Flanders
French Community and Walloon Region 1991–present
(French Community)
1998–present
(Walloon Region)		 Flag of Wallonia
German-speaking community 1990 A banner of the community's arms.

Provinces

Flag Administrative division Adopted Description
Antwerp 1997
East Flanders 1999
Flemish Brabant 1996
Hainaut
Liège
Limburg 1996
Luxembourg 2018 Azure and white horizontal stripes with the crowned red lion[1]
Namur
Walloon Brabant 1995 Sable a lion Or armed and langued Gules chaped Or two roosters Gules.
West Flanders 1997 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

Municipalities

Main article: Commons:flags of municipalities of Belgium

Royal Standards

Monarch

Flag Date Use Description
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
early 1400s[2] Imperial Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor An Imperial Eagle displayed with a halo sable armed and langued gules
862–1797[3] Flag of the County of Flanders A yellow flag with a black lion in the center.
1183-1794[4] Flag of the Duchy of Brabant A golden lion on a black field.
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.
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.
1789 Flag of the Brabant Revolution A yellow field bordered with red and black triangles and the brabant lion in the center.
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.
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"
1830–1831 Flag of the Belgian Revolution A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red.
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.
1883-1920 Flag of Neutral Moresnet A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, white and blue.
1940–1944 Flag of used in Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France War Ensign of Germany
1940–1945 Flag of Belgian Section of the Royal Air Force
1959-1973 Flag of the Minister of Defence of Belgium

Brussels

Flag Date Use Description
1991–2015 Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region A yellow iris on a blue field.

Wallonia

Flag Date Use Description
1913 (1991)–2010 First version of Flag of Wallonia
2010-2017 Second version of Flag of Wallonia

Colonial

Flag Date Use Description
1908–1960 Flag of the Belgian Congo A blue flag with yellow five-pointed star.
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.

Vexillology Association flags

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Belgo-European Studies Center for Flags
Flag of the Belgium Vexillology Society

Political flags

Flag Date Use Description
Pro Belgica
Flemish strijdvlag as adopted by certain parts of the Flemish Movement
1931-1941 Flag of the Verdinaso
1933-1944 Flag of the Vlaams Nationaal Verbond
1949-1983 Flag of the Order of Flemish Militants Red Odal on black background.
Flag of the Rassemblement Wallonie France
Flag of the Socialist Party
1935-1945 Flag of the Rexist Party
1999- Flag of the Nation
Flag of the Wallonie Libre
Flag of the Vlaams Blok
Flag of Arab European League

House flags of Belgian freight companies

Flag Date Use Description
1895–Present Compagnie Maritime Belge

Yacht clubs of Belgium

Flag Club
Bruxelles Royal Yacht Club
File:Burgee of Koninklijke Brugse Zeil & YC.svg Koninklijke Brugse Zeil & Yachtclub
Koninklijke Liberty Yacht Club
Koninklijke Yacht Club Nieuwpoort
Royal Belgian Sailing Club
Royal North Sea Yacht Club
Royal Yacht Club Oostende
Royal Yacht Club van België
Koninklijke Antwerpse Watersportvereniging

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 Europe A circle of 12 5-pointed gold (yellow) stars on a blue field.

References

  1. ^ Official email response from the Greffe of the Province of Luxembourg, May 2, 2018
  2. ^ www.crwflags.com
  3. ^ www.crwflags.com
  4. ^ www.crwflags.com
  5. ^ www.crwflags.com
  6. ^ www.crwflags.com
  7. ^ www.crwflags.com
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