List of Belgian flags

Template:Short description "The Belgian Nation chooses red, yellow and black as its colours" – article 193 of the Belgian constitution

File:Flags in front of Belgium Church in Ypres, 2011.jpg

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

File:Mechelen Stadhuis 3.jpg

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

This is a list of flags used in Belgium.

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Template:ListFlag	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
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg	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	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
File:Flag of the Belgian Land Component.svg	1950–present	Flag of the Belgian Army	The Army badge, crowned, on a white field
File:Ensign of Belgian Air Force.svg		Ensign of the Belgian Air Component	The Air Component badge and roundel on a blue field.
File:Naval Ensign of Belgium.svg		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
File:Naval Jack of Belgium.svg	1831–present	Naval jack of the Belgian Navy	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 1:1 ratio.
File:Belgian Navy commissioning pennant.svg		Pennant of the Belgian Navy	rectangular black-yellow-red pennant with split fly
File:Belgian flag Commodore.png		Commodore of Belgium	The rectangular tricolour of Belgium with split fly on the end
File:Belgian Yacht ensign.gif	1966–present	The flag hoisted by Belgian yachts registered in yachting associations approved by the Minister, also called the "Belgian yacht ensign"	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	1999–present	Belgian pleasure boats often hoist the "European civil ensign"	The European Union flag with the Belgian civil ensign in canton, with a white fimbriation.
File:Special civil ensign.gif	2016–present	The civil ensign, bearing a black lion, is flown by non-naval ships with a crew partly from the Naval Reserve.	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red defaced by a lion rampant, sable (black), armed and langued gules (red).
File:Naval auxiliary ensign.gif	2021–present	The Belgian Naval Auxiliary Ensign or the flag of Sovereignty ship under Belgian command	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
File:Flag ABNL.jpg	1957–present	Standard of the Admiral Benelux

Sub-national

Regions

Flag	Administrative division		Adopted	Description
File:Flag of Flanders.svg		Flemish Region	1973	Or, a lion rampant armed and langued Gules.
File:Flag of Wallonia.svg		Walloon Region	1998–present	a red rooster on a yellow field
File:Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region.svg		Brussels-Capital Region	2015

Communities

Flag	Administrative division		Adopted	Description
File:Flag of Flanders.svg		Flemish Community	1973	Or, a lion rampant armed and langued Gules.
File:Flag of Wallonia.svg		French Community	1991–present	a red rooster on a yellow field
File:Flag of the German Community in Belgium.svg		German-speaking community	1990

Provinces

Flag	Administrative division		Adopted	Description
File:Flag of West Flanders.svg		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		East Flanders	1999
File:Flag of Antwerp.svg		Antwerp	1997
File:Flag of Limburg (Belgium).svg		Limburg	1996
File:Flemish Brabant flag.png		Flemish Brabant	1996
File:Flag Walloon-brabant.png		Walloon Brabant	1995
File:Flag of Hainaut (Belgian province).png		Hainaut	/	(This is the unofficial flag of Hainaut as the province does not officially have a flag)
File:Flag province namur.svg		Namur	1953
File:Flag of the Province of Liège.svg		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		Luxembourg	2018	Azure and white horizontal stripes with the crowned red lion

Flags of former Belgian provinces

Flag	Administrative division		Adopted	Description
File:Belgische vlag Brabant.png		Brabant	1837	A golden lion (Leo Belgicus) on a black field.

Brussels

Flag	Date	Use	Description
File:Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region (1991–2015).svg	1991–2015	First version of 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	2015–present	Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region
File:Vlag van Brussel (stad).svg	1930–present	Flag of Brussels (city)	Emblem of Archangel Michael slaying the dragon

Community commissions in Brussels

Flag	Date	Use
File:Flag Belgium brussels.svg	1989–present	Flag of the Common Community Commission
	1989–present	Flag of the Flemish Community Commission
File:Flag of the French Community Commission.svg	1989–present	Flag of the French Community Commission

Royal standards

Monarch

File:21 juli 2011 Defilé Koning Albert II.png

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 king's cypher in each corner.

Flag	Date	Use
File:Flag of Belgium (with crown).svg	1831–present	The Belgian flag with the royal crown
File:Royal Standard of King Leopold I of Belgium (1831–1865).png	1831–1865	Royal standard of Leopold I
File:Royal Standard of King Leopold II of Belgium (1865–1909).png	1865–1909	Royal standard of Leopold II
File:Royal Standard of King Albert I of Belgium (1909–1934).svg	1909–1934	Royal standard of Albert I
File:Royal Standard of King Leopold III of Belgium (1934–1951).svg	1934–1951	Royal standard of Leopold III
File:Royal Standard of King Baudouin of Belgium (1951–1993).svg	1951–1993	Royal standard of Baudouin I
File:Royal Standard of King Albert II of Belgium.svg	1993–2013	Royal standard of Albert II
File:Royal Standard of King Philippe of Belgium.svg	2013–present	Royal standard of Philippe

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
File:Oriflamme of Charlemagne.png	800–888	Imperial Orilflamme of Charlemagne	A 3-pointed green field with 8 golden crosses and 6 flowers.
File:Generieke vlag van Vlaanderen.svg	862–1797	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	900–1477	Flag of the County of Hainaut	A yellow quartered banner with two black and two red lions.
File:LuikVlag.svg	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	1065–1797	Flag of the Duchy of Limburg	A white background with a red lion on it
File:Hertogdom Brabant vlag.png	1183–1794	Flag of the Duchy of Brabant	A golden lion on a black field.
File:Flag of the Low Countries.svg	1482–1714	Flag of the Spanish Netherlands	A white flag with the cross of Burgundy.
File:Civil ensign of the Spanish Netherlands.svg		Civil Ensign of the Spanish Netherlands	A horizontal tricolour of red, white and yellow, with the Cross of Burgundy in the centre.
File:Austrian Low Countries Flag.svg	1781–1786	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	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	1830 –1831	Flag of the Belgian Revolution and the first Belgian flag	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red.
Template:ListFlag	1831–present	Flag of Belgium	A vertical tricolour of red, yellow, and black.

Colonials

Flag	Date	Use	Description
File:Flag of the Congo Free State.svg	1908–1960	Flag of the Belgian Congo	A blue flag with yellow five-pointed star.
File:Flag of Governor-General of Belgian Congo.svg	1936–1960	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.

Other historic flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
File:Flag of Moresnet.svg	1883 – 1920	Flag of Neutral Moresnet	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, white and blue.
File:Ostend company flag.png	1722 – 1731	Flag of the Belgian Ostend Company (Austrian Netherlands)

Other

Flag	Date	Use	Description
File:Flag of Europe.svg	1955–present	Flag of Europe	A circle of 12 5-pointed gold (yellow) stars on a blue field.
File:Flag of Benelux.svg	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