Belgium: Municipal flags

Last modified: 2003-03-21 by ivan sache
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• Status of the municipalities
• Geographical index of Belgian municipal flags

See also:

• Belgium
• Belgium: Administrative divisions
• Belgium: A comparative study on the municipal flags
• Belgium: Municipal flags - Index (A-L)
• Belgium: Municipal flags - Index (M-Z)

External links:

• Official list of all Belgian municipalities (with links)
• Maps of the Flemish provinces with the municipalities

Status of the municipalities

Belgium is divided into municipalities called Gemeenten (Dutch) or Communes (French).
Some municipalities present themselves officially as Stad (Dutch) or Ville de (French), e.g. Stad Aalst and Ville de Charleroi. According to Mr. Tom Doesselaere of the Flemish Government website who sent me an answer about how and why, this privilege is still based on medieval city rights and freedom charters. Some of these "city communes" may be very small, like Lo-Reninge which has only 3,217 inhabitants.

Gerard van der Vaart, 30 May 2001

Geographical index of Belgian municipal flags

• Region Flanders
  • Municipal flags in province of Antwerp
  • Municipal flags in province of Flemish Brabant
  • Municipal flags in province of West Flanders
  • Municipal flags in province East Flanders
  • Municipal flags in province of Limburg
• Region Wallonia
  • Municipal flags in province of Hainaut
  • Municipal flags in province of Liège
  • Municipal flags in province of Luxembourg
  • Municipal flags in province of Namur
  • Municipal flags in province of Walloon Brabant
• Region of Brussels-Capital