Flag of Belgium

Flag of Belgium

Infobox flag
Name = Belgium



Use = 011000
Proportion = 13:15
Adoption = January 23, 1831
Design = A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red.



Use2 = 100100
Proportion2 = 2:3
Design2 = As above.



Use3 = 000010
Proportion3 = 2:3
Adoption3 = 1950
Design3 = As above, defaced by a crown above a lion on the central bar.



Use4 = 000001
Proportion4 = 2:3
Adoption4 = 23 February, 1950
Design4 = A yellow saltire on a white field, bordered above and below in red and to the left and right in black, charged on the top with a crown above crossed cannons and on the bottom by a fouled anchor.
Type = National
The national flag of Belgium contains three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side), yellow, and red; the vertical design was based on the flag of France, whereas the colours were taken from the colours of the Duchy of Brabant. When riots were starting as result of the Belgian revolution against the Dutch domination, a civil guard was established which wore the colours of Brabant. Its unusual proportions (13:15) are of unknown origin.

The flag was adopted January 23, 1831, soon after the Belgians gained their independence from the Netherlands in 1830. The flag had played an important role during the revolt, where the colours of the flag served as a reminder of an older flag with horizontal bands used during a previous revolt in 1789 in the then Austrian Netherlands. The original flag was with horizontal bars, but it was changed to vertical because of the resemblance with the flag of the Netherlands.

Article 193 of the Constitution of Belgium describes the colours of the Belgian Nation as "Red, Yellow and Black" instead of the order used in the above official flag.

ee also

* List of Belgian flags

External links

*FOTW|id=be|title=Belgium


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