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Loon op Zand (The Netherlands)

Noord-Brabant province

Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
adopted 6 Jun 1968.

Loon op Zand Municipality
Loon op Zand old flag (c.1935)
Loon op Zand CoA

See also:

Loon op Zand Municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 23.061; area: 53,00 km². Settlements: Kaatsheuvel (seat), De Moer, Loon op Zand.
Flag: 14 stripes of white - black - white - black - white - black - white - yellow - red - yellow - red - yellow - red - yellow -
proportioned 2:1:1:1:1:1:2:2:1:1:1:1:1:2.
Adopted 6 Jun 1968 by municipal resolution.
The flag is a striped "translation" of the municipal arms.

Apart from the shoe-industry Loon op Zand has a great attraction in "Sprookjespark De Efteling" in Kaatsheuvel, a fairytale resort, most of which was designed by Anton Pieck c. 1950.

Nicknames:
"Theebuiken" - teabellies, who like tea too much
"Zwävelsoppers" - sulphurdippers: there were many travelling salesmen dealing with sulphur-sticks (predecessors of matches), which had to be dipped in sulphur.
"Pekkellikkers" - pekkel is a synonym of "jenever" - gin: they liked a glas of gin (or two).

Nurseryrhyme:
Loon op Zand
Licht volk, licht land
Ze schooien de kost
En ze stelen de brand

Loon op Zand
light people, light land,
They beg for food
and they stel the fire (=fu