List of Belgian flags

"Flags of Belgium" redirects here. For the current national flag of Belgium, see Flag of Belgium.

This is a list of flags used in Belgium.

Flags on a Flemish townhall with (left to right) the European, Belgian and Flemish Community flags

Flags on a townhall in Mechelen with (left to right) the flags of Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Europe and Mechelen.

The royal standard of King Albert II

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1831–present	Flag of Belgium	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 13:15 ratio. Technically the national flag, but rarely seen in the officially approved dimensions.

Ensign

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1831–present	Civil ensign of Belgium	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 2:3 ratio.
	1950–present	State ensign of Belgium	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red defaced by a lion rampant ensigned by a crown, both sable (black), the lion armed and langued gules (red).

Military

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1950–present	Flag of the Belgian Army	The Army badge, crowned, on a white field
		Ensign of the Belgian Air Component	The Air Component badge and roundel on a blue field.
		Naval ensign of the Belgian Navy	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.
		Naval jack of the Belgian Navy	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 1:1 ratio.
		Pennant of the Belgian Navy
		Standard of the Admiral Benelux

Sub-national

Regions and communities

Flag	Administrative division		Adopted	Description
		Brussels-Capital Region	2015	Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region
		Dutch Community and the Flemish Region	1973	Flag of Flanders
		French Community and Walloon Region	1991–present (French Community) 1998–present (Walloon Region)	Flag of Wallonia
		German-speaking community	1990	Flag of the German-speaking Community of Belgium

Provinces

Flag	Administrative division		Adopted	Description
		Antwerp	1997
		East Flanders	1999
		Flemish Brabant	1996
		Hainaut
		Liège
		Limburg	1996
		Luxembourg	2018	Azure and white horizontal stripes with the crowned red lion[1]
		Namur
		Walloon Brabant	1995	Flag and coat of arms of Walloon Brabant
		West Flanders	1997

Community commissions in Brussels

Flag	Use
	Flag of the Common Community Commission
	Flag of the Flemish Community Commission
	Flag of the French Community Commission

Municipalities

Main article: Commons:flags of municipalities of Belgium

Royal standards

Monarch

Each royal standard for a monarch is a square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms, personalised with the king's cypher in each corner.

Flag	Date	Use
	1831–1865	Royal standard of Leopold I
	1865–1909	Leopold II
	1909–1934	Albert I
	1934–1951	Leopold III
	1951–1993	Baudouin I
	1993–2013	Albert II
	2013–present	Philippe

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	800-888[2]	Imperial Orilflamme of Charlemagne	A 3 pointed green field with 8 golden crosses and 6 flowers.
	early 1400s[2]	Imperial Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor	An Imperial Eagle displayed with a halo sable armed and langued gules
	862–1797[2]	Flag of the County of Flanders	A yellow flag with a black lion in the center.
	900–1477[2]	Flag of the County of Hainaut	A yellow quartered banner with black and red lions.
	1183–1794[2]	Flag of the Duchy of Brabant	A golden lion on a black field.
	1482–1714[2]	Flag of Spanish Netherlands	A white flag with the cross of Burgundy.
	1482–1714[2]	Civil Ensign of Spanish Netherlands	A horizontal tricolour of red, white and yellow, with the Cross of Burgundy in the centre.
	1713–1740[2]	Flag of the Archduchy of Austria	A yellow field with a black double headed eagle with a crown on top and carrying the tricolored arms of Austria on his chest.
	1781–1786[3]	Flag of the Austrian Netherlands	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, white and gold with the arms of Austria.
	1789–1790	Flag of the Brabant Revolution	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black and yellow.
	~1790s	Flag of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, also of the Republic of Liège	A bicolour, with two equal vertical bands of red and yellow.
	1830–1831	Flag of the Belgian Revolution	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red.
	c. 1865	Fanion of the Belgian Legion during the French intervention in Mexico	Tricolour of the Mexican Empire, superimposed with the Belgian tricolour to top left.
	1883–1920	Flag of Neutral Moresnet	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, white and blue.

Brussels

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991–2015	First version of Flag of Brussels-Capital Region	A blue field with a yellow iris with a white border on top.

Colonial

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1908–1960	Flag of the Belgian Congo	A blue flag with yellow five-pointed star.
	1936–1960[4]	Standard of the governor-general of the Belgian Congo	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red, with a yellow star in the upper left canton on a blue field.

Political flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Current
	2004–present	Flag of the Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest)
	1999–present	Flag of the Nation
	1978–present	Flag of the Socialist Party
former
	1978–2004	Flag of the Vlaams Blok
	1949–1983	Flag of the Order of Flemish Militants	Red odal on black background.
	1935–1945	Flag of the Rexist Party
	1933–1944	Flag of the Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond
	1931–1941	Flag of the Verdinaso
other
		Flemish strijdvlag as adopted by certain parts of the Flemish Movement
		Flag of the Wallonie Libre[5]

House flags of Belgian freight companies

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1895–Present	Compagnie Maritime Belge
	1871–1935	Red Star Line

Other

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1957–present	Unofficial flag of Benelux	A Dutch tricolour superimposed with a rampant lion and black square
	1955–present	Flag of Europe	A circle of 12 5-pointed gold (yellow) stars on a blue field.

References

1. Official email response from the Greffe of the Province of Luxembourg, May 2, 2018
2. ""The flags of the Belgians through history" plate". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
3. "Austrian Netherlands (1713–1786)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
4. "Congo pre-independence – Governors-General flags (1885–1960)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
5. "QU'EST-CE QUE WALLONIE LIBRE ?". Wallonie Libre (in French).