List of Belgian flags

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

"The Belgian Nation chooses red, yellow and black as its colours " - article 193 of the Belgian constition

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

This is a list of flags used in Belgium.

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.

Navy

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1831–Present	Naval jack of the Belgian Navy[1]	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 1:1 ratio.
		Pennant of the Belgian Navy[2]	rectangular black-yellow-red pennant with split fly
		Commodore of Belgium belgium[3]	The rectangular tricolour of Belgium with split fly on the end
	1966–Present	The flag hoisted by Belgian yachts registered in yachting associations approved by the Minister, also calle the "Belgian yacht ensign"[4]	The National ensign to be hoisted by Belgian yachts is made of three stripes placed vertically, black, yellow and red, of equal width; the black stripe is placed at hoist.
	1999–Present	Belgian pleasure boats often hoist the "European civil ensign"[5]	The European Union flag with the Belgian civil ensign in canton, with a white fimbriation.
	2016–Present	The civil ensign, bearing a black lion, is flown by non-naval ships with a crew partly from the Naval Reserve.[6]	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red defaced by a lion rampant, sable (black), armed and langued gules (red).
	2021–Present	The Belgian Naval Auxiliary Ensign or the flag of Sovereignty ship under Belgian command[7]	A blue background with the Belgian Naval ensign in the top left corner and on the right middle a white fouled anchor with a crown on top
	1957–present	Standard of the Admiral Benelux

Naval companie

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

Sub-national

Regions and communities

Flag	Administrative division		Adopted	Description
		Brussels-Capital Region	2015
		Flemish Community and the Flemish Region	1973	Or, a lion rampant armed and langued Gules.[8][9]
		French Community and Walloon Region	1991–present (French Community) 1998–present (Walloon Region)	a red rooster on a yellow field
		German-speaking community	1990

Provinces

Flag	Administrative division		Adopted	Description
		West Flanders	1997	coveted background in 12 pieces of gold and azure, with a heart shield of gules in the middle over the whole[10]
		East Flanders	1999
		Antwerp	1997
		Limburg	1996
		Flemish Brabant	1996
		Walloon Brabant	1995
		Hainaut
		Namur
		Liège
		Luxembourg	2018	Azure and white horizontal stripes with the crowned red lion[11]

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.
	2015 - present	Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region
	1930 - present	Flag of Brussels (city)

Community commissions in Brussels

Flag	Date	Use
	1989–present	Flag of the Common Community Commission
	1989–present	Flag of the Flemish Community Commission
	1989–present	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
		The Belgian flag with the royal crown
	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[12]	Imperial Orilflamme of Charlemagne	A 3 pointed green field with 8 golden crosses and 6 flowers.
	862–1797[12]	Flag of the County of Flanders	A yellow flag with a black lion in the center. "Or, a lion rampant armed and langued Gules"
	900–1477[12]	Flag of the County of Hainaut	A yellow quartered banner with two black and two red lions.
	980 - 1790	Flag of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, also of the Republic of Liège	A bicolour, with two equal vertical bands of red and yellow.
	1065–1797	Flag of the Duchy of Limburg	A white background with a red lion on it
	1183–1794[12]	Flag of the Duchy of Brabant	A golden lion on a black field.
	1482–1714[12]	Flag of Spanish Netherlands	A white flag with the cross of Burgundy.
	1482–1714[12]	Civil Ensign of Spanish Netherlands	A horizontal tricolour of red, white and yellow, with the Cross of Burgundy in the centre.
	1781 – 1786[13]	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 United Belgian States	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black and yellow.
	1830 –1831	Flag of the Belgian Revolution and the first Belgian flag	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red.
	1831–present	Flag of Belgium	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red.

Revolutionary flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1789 –1790	Revolutionary flag used druing the Brabant Revolution	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black and yellow.
	1789 –1790	Flag of the Brabant Revolution (with lion)	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black and yellow with a Brabantian lion in the middle.
	1789 –1790 1830 –1831	Revolutionary flag used during the Belgain and Brabantian Revolution (with lion)[14]	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red.with a Brabantian lion in the middle.
	1830 –1831	Revolutionary flag used druing the Belgian revolution	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red.
	1830 –1831	Revolutionary flag used druing the Belgian Revolution	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red.
	1830 –1831	Flag of the Liège volunteers during the Belgian revolution	Two vertical stripes of red and yellow with a text which states: "Vaincre ou Mourir pour Bruxelles" (Win or die for Brussels)

Colonials

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1908–1960[15]	Flag of the Belgian Congo	A blue flag with yellow five-pointed star.
	1936–1960[16]	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
flag of political parties
	2021–present	Flag of Vooruit
	2000–present	Flag of N-VA (New Flemish Alliance)[17]
	1978–present	Flag of the Parti Socialiste (Socialist Party)
	2004 - present	Flag of Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest)
	1978–2004	Flag of the Vlaams Blok (Flemish block)
	1973–1978	Flag of the Belgian Socialist Party	A red background with a fist holding a red rose
	1936–1945	Flag of the Rexist Party
	1933–1944	Flag of the Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond
	1931–1941	Flag of the Verdinaso
Independence or unification flags
	1832 - present	Flag of Rattachism	The French flag with a Red Gallic Rooster in the centre.
	1954 - present	Flemish strijdvlag (battle flag) flag of the Flemish independence movements	A lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules, five mullets sabel in orle
	1940 - present	Flag of the Wallonie Libre[18]	Red rooster on a yellow background with on the top a text that states "Wallonie Libre" (Wallonian liberation)

Other

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1722 - 1731	Flag of the Belgian Ostend Company	A yellow field with a black double headed eagle with a crown on top and carrying the tricolored arms of Austria on his chest.
	1883–1920	Flag of Neutral Moresnet	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, white and blue.
	1955–present	Flag of Europe	A circle of 12 5-pointed gold (yellow) stars on a blue field.
	1957–present	Unofficial flag of Benelux	A tricolour, with three horizontal bands of Red, white and blue representing the Netherlands and Luxembourg and a Black box in the middle representing Belgium. With a yellow lion in the centre