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Dronten (The Netherlands)

Flevoland province

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adopted 27 May 1982

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Dronten municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 36.367; area: 424,00 km². Settlements: Biddinghuizen, Dronten, Swifterbant, Ketelhaven and Roggebotsluis.
Dronten was one of the first towns of the Flevopolders in the former Zuiderzee. It is close to the town of Kampen in Overijssel.
Jarig Bakker, 13 August 1999.

The flag of the municipality of Dronten has no connection to the municipal arms. On 3 Sep 1973 the Mayor and Aldermen decided to use a green piece of cloth with the municipal logo, making it evident that this was not the official municipal flag. The young municipality of Dronten wanted a recognizable flag; municipal arms had not been granted yet. When many years later people started to rethink about the flag it appeared that the logo-flag had become so customary that the municipal council decided to propose to recognize it as the official flag. That was decided on 27 May 1982.
Official description: green with halfway between hoist and fly and with height equal to 16/21 of flagheight a white emblem, according to the municipal vignette, that is seven stylized mooring-masts in circular form.
Jarig Bakker, 3 Jun 2003

Dronten CoA

[Dronten CoA] image from "Gemeentewapens in Nederland