Flag of Flanders

Flanders

Flemish Lion (Dutch: Vlaamse Leeuw)
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	1973 (Cultural Council for the Dutch Cultural Community) 1985 (Flemish Parliament)
Design	Solid yellow with a black lion
coat of arms

The flag of Flanders, sometimes called the Vlaamse Leeuw ("Flemish Lion") or leeuwenvlag ("Lion flag"), is the flag of the Flemish Community and Flemish Region in Belgium. The flag was officially adopted by the Cultural Council for the Dutch Cultural Community (Cultuurraad voor de Nederlandse Cultuurgemeenschap) in 1973, and later, in 1985, by its successor, the Flemish Parliament. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} In 1990, the coat of arms was also adopted as an official symbol.

The flag of Flanders is described as Or, a lion rampant armed and langued Gules. ^{[2] [3]}

The official flag used on a border sign in Menen

Historic Flemsish flags

	Official flag of the Flemish Region (1988 - now)
	Flag of the Flemish Community Commission (1992 - now)
	Flag of the Flemish Legion (Legion Flandern SS) (1940 - 1944)
	Flag of the County of Flanders (863 – 1794)
	Flag of the County of Flanders during the Third Crusade. (1189 - 1192)

Variants and similar Flemish flags

	Official flag of the Flemish Region (Belgium)
	A variant of the flag, known as the "battle flag" (strijdvlag), without red accents, preferred by the Flemish Movement.
	Unofficial flag of Flanders with the official logo: A variant of the Flemish flag which shows the (former) official lion of the Flemish regions government [5]
	Flag of Flanders on the belt of mayors and aldermen in the Flemish Region (Belgium)
	Flag of Flanders in the "Book of All Kingdoms" [6]
	Flag of Zeelandic Flanders (Dutch municipality)
	Flag of the former French region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
	Official flag of the French departement Nord which includes French Flanders

Flags of Belgian provinces with the Flemish Lion

	Flag of East-Flanders (Belgian province)
	Flag of Hainaut (Belgian province)
	Unofficial flag of West-Flanders (Belgian province)

See also

• Coat of arms of Flanders
• List of Belgian flags
• Flag of Belgium
• Flag of Wallonia
• Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region

References

1. "Flandres - Vlaanderen" (in French). Retrieved October 16, 2018.
2. Istasse, Cédric (July 10, 2014). "Histoire et mémoire(s): de la bataille des Éperons d'or du 11 juillet 1302 à la fête de la Communauté flamande" (PDF). Les @nalyses du Crisp en ligne (in French). Retrieved October 16, 2018.
3. "Flanders (Belgium)". Flags of the World. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
4. "Bandera de Flandes". Historiadores histéricos (in Spanish). March 23, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
5. https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/be-vlg.html
6. https://www.fotw.info/flags/be-vlg_h.html