List of flags of Brussels

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This is a list of flags of Brussels, including symbolic regional and sub-regional flags, standards and banners used exclusively in Brussels.

Regional flag

Flag Date Use Description Note
9 January 2015–Present Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region Stylized yellow, grey and white iris on a blue background [1]
Stylized yellow, grey and blue iris on a white background.à
Stylized blue, grey and white iris on a yellow background.
Stylized yellow, blue and white iris on a grey background.
Stylized black and white iris on a white background.
Stylized black and white iris on a black background.

Community Commissions

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Common Community Commission A white bordered yellow iris on a blue background.
1992–Present Flag of the Flemish Community Commission A black lion, red clawed and tongued on a yellow background, with a blue vertical stripe along the brocade with a yellow iris with a white border in the brocade top. The flag of the Flemish Community Commission is based on the former flag of the Brussels-Capital Region and the flag of Flanders.
Flag of the French Community Commission Quartered 1. and 4. yellow with a red cock 2. and 3. blue with a yellow iris with a white border. The flag of the Flemish Community Commission is based on the former flag of the Brussels-Capital Region and the flag of Wallonia.

Municipalities

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Municipality of Anderlecht Two equally long strips of blue and yellow.
6 January 1925–Present Flag of the Municipality of Auderghem Divided into three fields, blue (upper left half), green (lower left half) and red (right half).
18 December 2008–Present Flag of the Municipality of Berchem-Sainte-Agathe Quartered of white and green.
1930s–Present Flag of the City of Brussels Two equally long strips of green and red with a yellow St Michael's at the centre.
Flag of the Municipality of Etterbeek Two equally long strips of blue and white.
Flag of the Municipality of Evere Right beveled in four lanes of white and green.
Flag of the Municipality of Forest Two equally long strips of green and white.
Flag of the Municipality of Ganshoren Two equally long strips of red and white.
Flag of the Municipality of Ixelles Two equally long strips of green and white.
Flag of the Municipality of Jette Two equally long strips of blue and yellow.
1984–1995,

?–Present

Flag of the Municipality of Koekelberg Two equally long strips of green and white.
Flag of the Municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean Two equally long strips of blue and yellow.
Flag of the Municipality of Saint-Gilles Two equally long strips of blue and yellow.
Flag of the Municipality of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Two equally long strips of blue and red.
Flag of the Municipality of Schaerbeek Two equally long strips of green and white.
Flag of the Municipality of Uccle Two equally long strips of blue and white.
Flag of the Municipality of Watermael-Boitsfort Two equally long strips of blue and white.
Flag of the Municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert Two equally long strips of black and of white.
Flag of the Municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Two equally long strips of green and white.

Universities

Flag Date Use Description Note
Flag of the Université Libre de Bruxelles Seal of the ULB on a white background. [2]
Flag of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Coat of arms of the VUB on a white background. [3]

Historical

Regional

Flag Date Use Description Note
16 May 1991 – 9 January 2015 Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region A white bordered yellow iris on a blue background. [4]

Municipal

Flag Date Use Description
1900s Flag of the City of Brussels Two equally long strips of green and red.
1900s Two equally long strips of green and red.
1930s A green border on a red background.
1841–1984 Flag of the Municipality of Koekelberg Two equally long strips of green and pink.
1995–?
?–30 March 1921 Flag of the Municipality of Laeken A yellow field with two stripes in blue.

References

  1. ^ ONTWERP VAN ORDONNANTIE tot wijziging van de ordonnantie van 16 mei 1991 houdende de keuze van het embleem en de vlag van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (PDF). 2014.
  2. ^ "Brussels (Municipality, Region of Brussels-Capital, Belgium)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  3. ^ "De oorsprong van de vlag van de VUB". CAVA.
  4. ^ Reflex. 1991-06-22 http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/pdf/Mbbs/1991/06/22/13293.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)