Limburg (Province, Belgium)

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• Official flag
• Banner of arms (unofficial)
• Coat of arms
• Provincial colours (unofficial)
• Provincial governor's honorary flag
  • Former flag

See also:

• Belgium
• Belgium: Administrative divisions
• Flanders
• Province of Limburg: Municipal flags
• Province of Limburg (Belgium): Clickable map

Official flag

Limburg is a province in the East of Flanders, bordering the Dutch province of Limburg. The flag is the same as the old flag, with the addition af an escutcheon.

The heraldic description of the flag is:

Argent a lion rampant gules armed and langued or crowned or escutcheon per fess ten pieces or and gules

Proportion of the flag is 2:3.

The lion is the lion of the county of Limburg, and in escutcheon are the arms of the old county of Loon.

The flag was adopted by the Provincial Council on 8 May 1996 and approved by the Flemish government on 29 October1996.

Filip Van Laenen, 19 March 1997

Banner of arms (unofficial)

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Coat of arms

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The coat of arms of Limburg, adopted in 1996, fetaures the two mascottes of Hasselt, the provincial capital city, and Tongeren. Tongeren is the oldest town in Belgium, formerly known as Atuatica Tungrorum, the home town of Ambiorix, the Eburon King who challenged and fought Julius Caesar.

Rik Beijnsberger, 12 December 1998

Provincial colours (unofficial)

The colours were taken from the arms. These colours were not fixed. Various sources give different designs, but two main sets can be compiled.

• A chart called Vlaggen der Belgische Provincies - Drapeaux des Provinces Belges (Flags of the Belgian Provinces). This is not dated, but to judge from the font face used, it is from the 1920s or 1930s.