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
	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
	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).
	The flag hoisted by Belgian yachts registered in yachting associations approved by the Minister, also calle the "Belgian yacht ensign"	three stripes placed vertically, black, yellow and red, of equal width; the black stripe is placed at hoist charged with a yellow Royal crown in the upper third of the black stripe
	Naval jack of the Belgian Navy	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 1:1 ratio.
	Pennant of the Belgian Navy	rectangular black-yellow-red pennant with split fly
	1895–Present	Compagnie Maritime Belge
	1871–1935	Red Star Line
	1957–present	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 Flemish region
		French Community and Walloon Region	1991–present (French Community) 1998–present (Walloon Region)	Flag of the Walloon region
		German-speaking community	1990	Flag of the German-speaking Community of Belgium

Provinces

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

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	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
		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	Imperial Orilflamme of Charlemagne	A 3 pointed green field with 8 golden crosses and 6 flowers.
	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"
	900–1477	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.
	1183–1794	Flag of the Duchy of Brabant	A golden lion on a black field.
	1482–1714	Flag of Spanish Netherlands	A white flag with the cross of Burgundy.
	1482–1714	Civil Ensign of Spanish Netherlands	A horizontal tricolour of red, white and yellow, with the Cross of Burgundy in the centre.
	1781 – 1786	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.
	1830 –1831	Flag of the Belgian Revolution	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.

Colonial

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1908–1960	Flag of the Belgian Congo	A blue flag with yellow five-pointed star.
	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.

Political flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
flag of political parties
	2021–present	Flag of Vooruit
	1999–present	Flag of the Nation
	1979–2021	Flag of the PTB–PVDA (Workers' Party of Belgium)
	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
	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
Independence or unification flags
	2004 - present	Flag of the Greater Netherlands movement	a horizontal tricolour of Orange, white, and blue
	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	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