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Leeuwarden municipality (The Netherlands)

Provincial capital, Fryslân province

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adopted 1 August 1947

Leeuwarden municipality
Goutum
Hempens (Himpens)
Huizum (Huzum)
Swichum
Teerns (Tearns)
Wijtgaard (Wytgaard)
Wirdum (Wurdum)

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Leeuwarden municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 90.516; area: 84,11 km². Settlements: Leeuwarden (seat), Goutum, Hempens/Teerns, Lekkum, Miedum, Snakkerburen, Wirdum/Swichum, Wytgaard.
Leeuwarden/Ljouwert (Ljout, locally: Luwarden) is the capital of the Dutch province Friesland/Fryslân.
This flag was readopted 1 August 1947 after an image from a flagbook of 1708. Before that the citizens used a flag of two bars of Blue and Yellow. But no less than 21 sources depict for Leeuwarden a flag with a yellow lion; in 16 cases on a green field, in 5 cases on a blue field.
Source: Sierksma, Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962.[sie62]
Jarig Bakker, 28 August 1999

Leeuwarden CoA

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Granted 25 Mar 1818.

Goutum village

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Goutum, municipality Leeuwarden/Ljouwert, Friesland/Fryslân, the Netherlands. It was till 1944 part of Leeuwarderadeel.
The battlements on the flag refer to the Wiarda State, one of the last 'stinzen' (castles) in Friesland (demolished 1882).
Jarig Bakker, 18 January 2001

Huizum (Huzum) village

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Swichum village

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