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Lingewaal (The Netherlands)

Gelderland province

Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
adoption date unknown.

Lingewaal municipality
Lingewaal CoA

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Lingewaal municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 10.679; area: 54,56 km². Settlements: Asperen (seat), Herwijnen, Heukelum, Spijk, Vuren.
Lingewaal was formed by the merger of the former municipalities of Asperen, Herwijnen, Heukelum and Vuren.on 1 Jan 1986. It was first named Vuren; on 1 Jan 1987 it was renamed Lingewaal.
The Linge is a river of c. 100 km long, more or less the heart of the Betuwe. The Waal is one of the big rivers, receiving water from Rhine and Maas (Meuse), so this municipality is between these rivers.

It is the Coat of Arms, which is depicted on this flag.
Jarig Bakker, 5 October 1999

Lingewaal CoA

image from the Lingewaal municipal site.

Granted 22 Jan 1987.