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Wymbritseradiel (The Netherlands)

Fryslân province

Last modified: 2005-04-16 by jarig bakker
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Wymbriseradeel municipality Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
adopted 1984

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Wymbritseradiel municipality

Fryslân/Friesland is bilingual (Dutch/Frisian). Municipalities are allowed to use either Frisian or Dutch as their official language. Wymbritseradiel/Wymbritseradeel opted for the Frisian language. Names used here are in Frisian with the Dutch name in (brackets).
Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 16.207; area: 162,72 km²; Settlements: Drylts (IJlst, seat), Abbega, Blauwhuis, Folsgare, Gaastmeer, Gauw, Goënga, Greonterp, Heeg, Hommerts, Idzega, Indijk, Jutrijp, Koufurdurrige, Nijland, Oosthem, Oppenhuizen, Oudega, Sandfirden, Scharnegoutum, Smallebrugge, Tirns, Tjalhuizum, Uitwellingerga, Westhem, Wolsum, Woudsend, Ypecolsga
Wymbritseardeel (Wymbritseradiel) is in southwest Friesland
The flag (adopted 1984) contains the lily, which probably symbolizes the medieval feuding party of 'Schieringers'. The ship is a medieval 'koggeschip', representing the town of Drylts (IJlst), which was incorporated in Wymbritseradiel and became its seat.
Jarig Bakker, 7 September 1999

Wymbritseradiel old flag

[Wymbritseradiel old flag] Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
adopted ?; design ?

The old flag (adoption date unknown, designer unknown) was:
Blue, with halfway a narrow horizontal yellow stripe and at the hoist a fleur-de-lis over all countercharged.
The fleur-de-lis is taken from the municipal arms.
Source: Encyclopedie van het hedendaagse Friesland, 1975
In 1984 the municipality got its present flag.
Jarig Bakker, 8 Apr 2005

Wymbritseradiel CoA