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Eemsmond (The Netherlands)

Groningen province

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Eemsmond municipality Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
adopted 27 Jun 1991

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Eemsmond municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 17.200; area: 55,12 km². Settlements: Uithuizen (seat), Eemshaven, Eppenhuizen, Kantens, Oldenzijl, Oosteinde, Oosternieland, Oudeschip, Roodeschool, Rottum, Rottumeroog, Rottumerplaat, Startenhuizen (ged), Stitswerd, Uithuizermeeden, Usquert, Warffum, Zandeweer.
The municipality was founded on 1 Jan 1990 by the merger of the former municipalities of Hefshuizen, Kantens, Usquert en Warffum. The new municipality was named Hefshuizen; it was renamed Eemsmond on 1 Jan 1992.
The municipality of Hefshuizen was formed by the merger of Uithuizen and Uithuizermeeden on 1 Jan 1979.
Eemsmond is in northeast Groningen (meaning: mouth of the river Eems (Dutch) or Ems (German).
Description of the flag: 'Green for the arable land, yellow for the corn-fields (wheat), and blue for the sea from which the land was gained.
The mermaid was copied from the municipal coat of arms.' The CoA is present too at that site, and the mermaid has been  derived from the old CoA of the old municipality of Uithuizen, where it was used in the 17th century. The mermaid probably refers to the presence of seals along the coast.
Source: the Eemsmond municipal website.
Jarig Bakker, 17 March 2000

Eemsmond CoA

[Eemsmond CoA] image from this site.

Granted 1 Jan 1990 - Ex Undis is Latin, meaning (wrestled) out of the waves.

Uithuizen [former] municipality

[Uithuizen flag] Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm

Uithuizen is all arable land with huge farms and some old castles. It adopted a flag on 2 Feb 1950, derived partly from
the CoA, pointing at the green meadows, the yellow corn and the deep blue sea (actually at that point not so very deep).
Jarig Bakker, 5 Jun 2003

Uithuizermeeden [former] municipality

[Uithuizermeeden flag] Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/f