Oostrozebeke (Municipality, Province of West Flanders, Belgium)

Last modified: 2008-03-29 by ivan sache
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Municipal flag of Oostrozebeke - Image by Arnaud Leroy, 25 March 2007

• Presentation of Oostrozebeke
• Municipal flag of Oostrozebeke

See also:

• Belgium
• Province of West Flanders: Municipal flags
• Belgium: Municipal flags

Presentation of Oostrozebeke

The municipality of Oostrozebeke (7,458 inhabitants on 1 January 2007; 1,662 ha) is located in West Flanders.

Ivan Sache, 25 March 2007

Municipal flag of Oostrozebeke

The flag of Oostrozebeke is quartered, 1. green with three yellow deer's head, 2. and 3. yellow the upper half of a Flemish lion (black with red tongue and claws), 4. green the upper half of a white ram with a red tongue.
According to Gemeentewapens in België - Vlaanderen en Brussel, the flag and arms were adopted by the Municipal Council on 13 February 1987, confirmed by the Executive of Flanders on 26 May 1987 and published in the Belgian official gazette on 3 December 1987.
The flag is a banner of the municipal arms, without the supports and with the half lions and ram much bigger than on the arms.

Arnaud Leroy, Pascal Vagnat & Ivan Sache, 25 March 2007