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Heel (The Netherlands)

Limburg province

Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
adopted 9 Jul 1991

Heel municipality
Heel CoA
Beegden former municipality
Wessem former municipality

Other Heel pages:

Heel en Panheel

See also:

Heel municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 8.378 ; area: 25,36 km². Settlements: Heel (seat), Beegden, Panheel, Wessem.
Heel was formed on 1 Jan 1991 by the merger of the former municipalities of Heel en Panheel, Beegden and Wessem.
Heel (formerly Heel en Panheel) is a municipality southwest of Roermond on the west bank of the Maas river. A rural environment with several psychiatric institutions.
The flag has the horns of two local family-CoAs, while the cross refers to allegiance to the bishopric of Luik (Liege). The patron saint was St. Lambertus.
see: <http://www.bng.nl/ngw/h/heel-2.htm>
Jarig Bakker, 1 December 1999

The flag of the municipality of Heel has blue as its main color. The white cross cuts through this main field, and is slightly off to the left of the centre. On the left top is a yellow block, and on it a red horn.
The blue colour symbolises the situation on the Maas river. The four main fields stand for Beegden, Heel, Panheel en Wessem.
The Christian belief is indicated by the white cross. The bond with