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Bergambacht (The Netherlands)

Zuid-Holland province

Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
adopted 20 Dec 1986, design: Mrs. Anneke de Nies-van Dijk.

Bergambacht municipality
Bergambacht old flag
Bergambacht CoA

Other Bergambacht pages:

Ammerstol

See also:

Bergambacht municipality

Number of inhabitants: 9.273; area: 38,05 km². Settlements: Ammerstol, Bergambacht (seat), Berkenwoude. The present municipality was formed on 1 Jan 1985 by the merger of the former municipalities of Ammerstol, Bergambacht and Berkenwoude.
Jarig Bakker, 22 May 2003

A new flag was adopted 20 Dec 1986, designed by Mrs. Anneke de Nies-van Dijk.
Description: per flydiagonal green over blue; over all the municipal arms in the center.

The arms represent the municipality of Bergambacht, in the center of the green Krimpenerwaard, which is cut in half by water (ditches and the Lek river). The eagle is from the former Bergambacht flag and arms; the salmon of Ammerstol, and the crescents from Berkenwoude.
The flag is the result of a design competition - and the result was announced by stating that the High Council of Nobility probably wouldn't agree to putting the full arms on the flag, but that there was a stand, where people could sign for approval of the (unaffordable) flag.

That's why the Bergambachters are called "Katten" (cats), with nails ready to attack their neighbouring