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Vlist (The Netherlands)

Zuid-Holland province

Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
adopted ?; design: Mr. C. Schoute and Mr. D. de Bruin. (?)

Municipal flag
Vlist CoA
Vlist former municipality
Stolwijk CoA

Other Vlist pages:

Haastrecht

See also:

Vlist municipality

Population (1 Jan 2003): 9.814; area: 57,42 km². Settlements: Stolwijk (seat), Haastrecht, Vlist. 1 Jan 1985 the former municipalities of Haastrecht, Stolwijk and Vlist merged to form the new municipality of Vlist.
The flag is identical to the CoA.

Vlist CoA

International Civic Arms : http://www.ngw.nl/
Granted 12 Mar 1985.

The municipal arms of Vlist were designed by Mr. C. Schoute and Mr. D. de Bruin. It consists of a green shield with a white diagonal wavy stripe - the meadow landscape through which the brook "Vlist" meanders. Top right is the castle of Haastrecht, while bottom left the cheeses of Stolwijk are presented, all in gold. The cheeses of the original Stolwijk municipal arms were red, probably because of the method of conservation (cf. the Edammer cheeses). At present most cheeses are yellow. The towers of Haastrecht correspond with a cast of 1433, present i