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"The [[Belgium|Belgian Nation]] chooses red, yellow and black as its colours" – article 193 of [[Constitution of Belgium|the Belgian constitution]]

[[File:Flags in front of Belgium Church in Ypres, 2011.jpg|thumb|Flags on a Flemish town hall with (left to right) the European, Belgian and Flemish Community flags]]
[[File:Mechelen Stadhuis 3.jpg|thumb|Flags on a town hall in Mechelen with (left to right) the flags of [[Antwerp Province|Antwerp]], [[Flanders]], [[Belgium]], [[Flag of Europe|Europe]] and [[Mechelen]]]]
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This is a list of flags used in [[Belgium]].

==National flag==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:110px;" |Flag!! style="width:100px;" |Date!! style="width:250px;" |Use!! style="width:250px;" |Description
|-
| {{ListFlag|Flag of Belgium.svg|150px}} || 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===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:110px;" |Flag!! style="width:100px;" |Date!! style="width:250px;" |Use!! style="width:250px;" |Description
|-
| [[File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg|border|150px]] || 1831–present || [[Civil ensign]] of Belgium || A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 2:3 ratio.
|-
| [[File:Government Ensign of Belgium.svg|border|150px]] || 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 (heraldry)|sable]] (black), the lion armed and [[langued]] [[gules]] (red).
|}

===Military===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:110px;" |Flag!! style="width:100px;" |Date!! style="width:250px;" |Use!! style="width:250px;" |Description
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Belgian Land Component.svg|border|150px]] || rowspan="4" | 1950–present || Flag of the [[Belgian Land Component|Belgian Army]] || The Army badge, crowned, on a white [[Field (heraldry)|field]]
|-
| [[File:Ensign of Belgian Air Force.svg|border|150px]] || Ensign of the [[Belgian Air Component]] || The Air Component badge and [[roundel]] on a blue field.
|-
| [[File:Naval Ensign of Belgium.svg|border|150px]] || [[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 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:110px;" |Flag!! style="width:100px;" |Date!! style="width:250px;" |Use!! style="width:250px;" |Description
|-
|[[File:Naval Jack of Belgium.svg|border|150px]]
| rowspan="3" |1831–present
|[[Naval jack]] of the Belgian Navy{{cn|date=June 2025}}
|A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 1:1 ratio.
|-
|[[File:Belgian Navy commissioning pennant.svg|border|150px]]
|[[Pennant (commissioning)|Pennant]] of the Belgian Navy{{cn|date=June 2025}}
|rectangular black-yellow-red pennant with split fly
|-
|[[File:Belgian flag Commodore.png|border|150x150px]]
|[[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] of Belgium{{cn|date=June 2025}}
|The rectangular tricolour of Belgium with split fly on the end
|-
|[[File:Belgian Yacht ensign.gif|border|150x150px]]
|1966–present
|The flag hoisted by Belgian yachts registered in yachting associations approved by the Minister, also called the "Belgian yacht ensign"{{cn|date=June 2025}}
|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.
|-
|[[File:Belgian European civil ensign.gif|border|150x150px]]
|1999–present
|Belgian pleasure boats often hoist the "European civil ensign"{{cn|date=June 2025}}
|The European Union flag with the Belgian civil ensign in canton, with a white fimbriation.
|-
|[[File:Special civil ensign.gif|border|150x150px]]
|2016–present
|The [[civil ensign]], bearing a [[Lion (heraldry)|black lion]], is flown by non-naval ships with a crew partly from the [[Belgian Navy|Naval Reserve]].{{cn|date=June 2025}}
|A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red defaced by a lion [[rampant]], [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]] (black), armed and [[langued]] [[gules]] (red).
|-
|[[File:Naval auxiliary ensign.gif|border|150x150px]]
|2021–present
|The Belgian [[Naval ensign|Naval Auxiliary Ensign]] or the flag of Sovereignty ship under Belgian command{{cn|date=June 2025}}
|A blue background with the [[Belgian Navy|Belgian Naval ensign]] in the top left corner and on the right middle a white fouled [[anchor]] with a [[crown]] on top
|-
|[[File:Flag ABNL.jpg|border|150px]]
|1957–present
|Standard of the [[Admiral Benelux]]
|
|}

==Sub-national==
===Regions ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! class="unsortable" |Flag !! colspan="2" | Administrative division !! Adopted !! class="unsortable" | Description
|-
| [[File:Flag of Flanders.svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Flanders|[[File:Flanders (Belgium) location.svg|border|100px]]}}|| [[Flemish Region]] || 1973 || ''Or, a lion rampant armed and langued Gules.''<ref name=":1">https://www.crisp.be/crisp/wp-content/uploads/analyses/2014-07-10_ACL-Istasse_C-2014-fete_de_la_Communaute_flamande.pdf</ref>{{cn|date=June 2025}}
|-
| [[File:Flag of Wallonia.svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Wallonia|[[File:Wallonia (Belgium) location.svg|border|100px]]}}|| [[Wallonia|Walloon Region]] || 1998–present<br /> || a red rooster on a yellow field
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region.svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Brussels-Capital Region|[[File:Brussels-Capital Region (Belgium) location.svg|border|100px]]}}|| [[Brussels-Capital Region]] || 2015 ||
|}

=== Communities ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! class="unsortable" |Flag !! colspan="2" | Administrative division !! Adopted !! class="unsortable" | Description
|-
| [[File:Flag of Flanders.svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Flanders|[[File:Vlaamse Gemeenschap in Belgium.svg|border|100px]]}}|| [[Flemish Community]] || 1973 || ''Or, a lion rampant armed and langued Gules.''<ref name=":1" />
|-
| [[File:Flag of Wallonia.svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Wallonia|[[File:Waalse gemeenschap in Belgium.png|border|100px]]}}|| [[French Community of Belgium|French Community]] || 1991–present<br /> || a red rooster on a yellow field
|-
| [[File:Flag of the German Community in Belgium.svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|German-speaking community|[[File:Duitstalige Gemeenschap in Belgium.png|border|100px]]}}|| [[German-speaking community of Belgium|German-speaking community]] || 1990 ||
|}

===Provinces===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! class="unsortable" |Flag !! colspan="2" | Administrative division !! Adopted !! class="unsortable" | Description
|-
| [[File:Flag of West Flanders.svg|border|150px]] || {{sort|West Flanders|[[File:Provincie West-Vlaanderen in Belgium.svg|border|100px]]}}|| [[West Flanders]] || 1997 ||coveted background in 12 pieces of gold and azure, with a heart shield of gules in the middle over the whole
|-
| [[File:Flag of Oost-Vlaanderen.svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|East Flanders|[[File:Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen in Belgium.svg|border|100px]]}}|| [[East Flanders]] || 1999 ||
|-
| [[File:Flag of Antwerp.svg|border|150px]] ||{{sort|Antwerp|[[File:Provincie Antwerpen in Belgium.svg|border|100px]]}}|| [[Antwerp (province)|Antwerp]] || 1997 ||
|-
| [[File:Flag of Limburg (Belgium).svg|border|150px]] || {{sort|Liège|[[File:Provincie Limburg in Belgium.svg|border|100px]]}}|| [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]] || 1996 ||
|-
| [[File:Flemish Brabant flag.png|border|150x150px]]||{{sort|Flemish-Brabant|[[File:Provincie Vlaams-Brabant in Belgium.svg|border|100px]]}}|| [[Flemish Brabant]] || 1996 ||
|-
| [[File:Flag Walloon-brabant.png|border|113x113px]]|| {{sort|Walloon Brabant|[[File:Province du Brabant wallon in Belgium.svg|border|100px]]}}|| [[Walloon Brabant]] || 1995 ||
|-
| [[File:Flag of Hainaut (Belgian province).png|border|150x150px]]||{{sort|Hainaut|[[File:Province de Hainaut in Belgium.svg|border|100px]]}}|| [[Hainaut (province)|Hainaut]] || /||(This is the unofficial flag of Hainaut as the province does not officially have a flag)
|-
| [[File:Flag province namur.svg|border|150px]] || {{sort|Namur|[[File:Province de Namur in Belgium.svg|border|100px]]}} || [[Namur (province)|Namur]] || 1953||
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Province of Liège.svg|border|150px]]|| {{sort|Liège|[[File:Province de Liège in Belgium.svg|border|100px]]}} || [[Liège (province)|Liège]] || /||(This is the unofficial flag of Liège, as the province does not officially have a flag)
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Province of Luxembourg (Belgium).svg|border|150x150px]]|| {{sort|Luxembourg|[[File:Province de Luxembourg in Belgium.svg|border|100px]]}}|| [[Luxembourg (province of Belgium)|Luxembourg]] || 2018 || Azure and white horizontal stripes with the crowned red lion
|}

=== Flags of former Belgian provinces ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! class="unsortable" |Flag
! colspan="2" |Administrative division
!Adopted
! class="unsortable" |Description
|-
|[[File:Belgische vlag Brabant.png|border|150x150px]]
|{{sort|Brabant|[[File:Province of Brabant in Belgium 1963-1995.svg|border|100px]]}}
|[[Province of Brabant|Brabant]]
|1837
|A golden lion ([[Leo Belgicus (heraldry)|Leo Belgicus]]) on a black field.
|}

=== Brussels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:110px;" |Flag!! style="width:100px;" |Date!! style="width:250px;" |Use!! style="width:250px;" |Description
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region (1991–2015).svg|frameless|150x150px]] ||1991–2015|| First version of [[Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region|Flag of Brussels-Capital Region]]||A blue field with a yellow iris with a white border on top.
|-
|[[File:Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region.svg|border|150x150px]]
|2015–present
|[[Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region]]
|
|-
|[[File:Vlag van Brussel (stad).svg|border|150x150px]]
|1930–present
|[[Brussels|Flag of Brussels (city)]]
|Emblem of [[Michael (archangel)|Archangel Michael]] slaying the dragon
|}

===Community commissions in Brussels===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:110px;" |Flag
!Date !! style="width:250px;" |Use
|-
| [[File:Flag Belgium brussels.svg|border|150px]] 
|1989–present|| Flag of the [[Common Community Commission]] 
|-
|
|1989–present|| Flag of the [[Flemish Community Commission]] 
|-
| [[File:Flag of the French Community Commission.svg|border|150px]] 
|1989–present|| Flag of the [[French Community Commission]] 
|}

===Municipalities===
{{main|Commons:flags of municipalities of Belgium}}

==Royal standards==

===Monarch===
[[File:21 juli 2011 Defilé Koning Albert II.png|thumb|The royal standard of King Albert II]]
Each royal standard for a monarch is a square ''rouge ponceau'' banner of the royal arms, personalised with the [[Royal cypher|king's cypher]] in each corner.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:110px;" |Flag!! style="width:100px;" |Date!! style="width:250px;" |Use
|-
|[[File:Flag of Belgium (with crown).svg|border|150x150px]]
|1831–present
|The [[Flag of Belgium|Belgian flag]] with the royal crown
|-
|[[File:Royal Standard of King Leopold I of Belgium (1831–1865).png|frameless|150x150px]]
|1831–1865
|[[Royal standard]] of [[Leopold I of Belgium|Leopold I]]
|-
|[[File:Royal Standard of King Leopold II of Belgium (1865–1909).png|frameless|150x150px]]
|1865–1909
|[[Royal standard]] of [[Leopold II of Belgium|Leopold II]]
|-
|[[File:Royal Standard of King Albert I of Belgium (1909–1934).svg|border|150px]]
|1909–1934
|[[Royal standard]] of [[Albert I of Belgium|Albert I]]
|-
| [[File:Royal Standard of King Leopold III of Belgium (1934–1951).svg|border|150px]] || 1934–1951 || [[Royal standard]] of [[Leopold III of Belgium|Leopold III]]
|-
| [[File:Royal Standard of King Baudouin of Belgium (1951–1993).svg|border|150px]] || 1951–1993 || [[Royal standard]] of [[Baudouin of Belgium|Baudouin I]]
|-
| [[File:Royal Standard of King Albert II of Belgium.svg|border|150px]] || 1993–2013 || Royal standard of [[Albert II of Belgium|Albert II]]
|-
| [[File:Royal Standard of King Philippe of Belgium.svg|border|150px]] || 2013–present || [[Royal standard]] of [[Philippe of Belgium|Philippe]]
|}

==Historical flags==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:110px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Date!!style="widths:250px;"|Use!!style="width:250px;"|Description
|-
|[[File:Oriflamme of Charlemagne.png|border|150px]] || 800–888{{cn|date=June 2025}} || Imperial Orilflamme of [[Charlemagne]] || A 3-pointed green field with 8 golden crosses and 6 flowers.
|-
|[[File:Generieke vlag van Vlaanderen.svg|border|150px]] || 862–1797{{cn|date=June 2025}}|| Flag of the [[County of Flanders]] || A yellow flag with a black lion in the center. "''Or, a lion rampant armed and langued Gules"''
|-
|[[File:Generieke vlag van Henegouwen.svg|border|150px]] || 900–1477{{cn|date=June 2025}}|| Flag of the [[County of Hainaut]] || A yellow quartered banner with two black and two red lions.
|-
|[[File:LuikVlag.svg|border|150px]]|| 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.
|-
|[[File:Flag duchy Limburg.png|border|150x150px]]
|1065–1797
|Flag of the [[Duchy of Limburg]]
|A white background with a red lion on it
|-
|[[File:Hertogdom Brabant vlag.png|border|150x150px]] || 1183–1794{{cn|date=June 2025}}|| Flag of the [[Duchy of Brabant]] || A golden lion on a black field.
|-
|[[File:Flag of the Low Countries.svg|border|150px]] || rowspan="2" | 1482–1714{{cn|date=June 2025}}|| Flag of the [[Spanish Netherlands]] || A white flag with the [[cross]] of [[Burgundy]].
|-
|[[File:Civil ensign of the Spanish Netherlands.svg|border|150px]] || Civil Ensign of the [[Spanish Netherlands]]|| A horizontal [[Triband (flag)|tricolour]] of red, white and yellow, with the [[Cross of Burgundy]] in the centre.
|-
|[[File:Austrian Low Countries Flag.svg|border|150px]]|| 1781–1786{{cn|date=June 2025}} || Flag of the [[Austrian Netherlands]]|| A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, white and gold with the arms of Austria.
|-
|[[File:Flag of the Brabantine Revolution.svg|border|150px]]|| 1789 –1790 || Flag of the [[United Belgian States]]|| A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black and yellow.
|-
|[[File:Flag of Belgium (1830).svg|border|150px]]|| 1830 –1831 || Flag of the [[Belgian Revolution]] and the first [[Flag of Belgium|Belgian flag]]|| A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red.
|-
|{{ListFlag|Flag of Belgium.svg|115px}}
|1831–present
|[[Flag of Belgium]]
|A vertical tricolour of red, yellow, and black.
|}

=== Colonials ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:110px;" |Flag!! style="width:100px;" |Date!! style="width:250px;" |Use!! style="width:250px;" |Description
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Congo Free State.svg|border|150px]] ||1908–1960{{cn|date=June 2025}}|| Flag of the [[Belgian Congo]] || A blue flag with yellow five-pointed star.
|-
| [[File:Flag of Governor-General of Belgian Congo.svg|border|100x100px]] || 1936–1960{{cn|date=June 2025}}|| Standard of the [[List of colonial governors of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo|governor-general of the Belgian Congo]] || A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red, with a yellow star in the upper left [[Canton (heraldry)|canton]] on a blue field.
|}

=== Other historic flags ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:110px;" |Flag!! style="width:100px;" |Date!! style="width:250px;" |Use!! style="width:250px;" |Description
|-
|[[File:Flag of Moresnet.svg|border|150px]]
|1883 – 1920
|Flag of [[Neutral Moresnet]]
|A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, white and blue.
|-
|[[File:Ostend company flag.png|150x150px]]
|1722 – 1731
|Flag of the Belgian [[Ostend Company]] 
([[Austrian Netherlands]])
|
|}

== Other ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:110px;" |Flag!! style="width:100px;" |Date!! style="width:250px;" |Use!! style="width:250px;" |Description
|-
| [[File:Flag of Europe.svg|border|150px]]|| 1955–present || [[Flag of Europe]]|| A circle of 12 5-pointed gold (yellow) stars on a blue field.
|-
| [[File:Flag of Benelux.svg|border|150px]]|| 1957–present || [[Flag of Benelux|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
|}

==References==
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