Flag of Benelux
 Flag of Benelux | |
| Use | Other   |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Design | A horizontal triband of red, white, and blue with a yellow lion rampant facing left covering a black rectangle in the middle band. |
The flag of Benelux is an unofficial flag commissioned by the Committee for Belgian–Dutch–Luxembourgish Cooperation in 1951.[1] It is an amalgam of the flags of the member states: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The flag is not authorised to represent the Economic Union of Benelux.[2]
The red stripe is from the
the Low Countries area as a whole, since each constituent nation possesses a coat of arms featuring a lion rampant facing left (Leo Belgicus
), which during the 17th century already symbolised the Low Lands as a whole or in part.
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Media related to Flags of the Benelux at Wikimedia Commons
