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Epe (The Netherlands)

Gelderland province

Last modified: 2004-11-27 by jarig bakker
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[Epe new flag] by Mello Luchtenberg, 14 Nov 2004
adopted Jan 2003

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Epe municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 33.245; area: 157,24 km². Settlements: Epe (seat), Boshoek, Dijkhuizen, Emst, Geerstraat, Gortel, Hanendorp, Hegge, Jonas, 't Laar, Laarstraat, Loobrink, Niersen, Oene, Oosterhof, Schaveren, Tongeren, Vaassen, Vemde, Westendorp, Wijnbergen, Wissel, Zuuk.
Epe is another Veluwe municipality in the north of the province, with forests and heather.
The flag is described in Sierksma's 'Nederlands vlaggenboek', 1962 as follows: 'The unofficial flag of Epe is horizontally YB, used at special occasions, quite popular with the shopkeepers. The municipal council uses a banner with the same colors with in the canton the municipal CoA.' In Sierksma's 'Gemeentewapens van Nederland', 1968. The CoA symbolizes the former oak-forests, where many deer were to be found. The original municipal colors (of CoA and flag) were RW.
Jarig Bakker, 22 September 1999

Until Jan 2003 the municipality of Epe, Gelderland province, had an unofficial flag with in the canton  the municipal arms.
Mello Luchtenberg just sent me the new flag of Epe: white with the municipal logo. So there is even progress in the Veluwe region!
Jarig Bakker, 14 Nov 2004

It looks like the gemeente Epe was awarded a commercial price, the "Deer of the year" 2004  :-(
Pauvres Pays-Bas... helaas...