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This gallery of sovereign state civil flags shows the civil ensigns of sovereign states that appear on the list of sovereign states. Each flag is depicted as if the flagpole is positioned on the left of the flag.
Gallery of sovereign state civil ensigns; List of national flags of sovereign states; Lists of flags; List of flags by color; List of flags with blue, red, and white stripes; Lists of country subdivision flags; List of sovereign states by date of current flag adoption; List of flags by design; Flags of micronations; List of military flags; List ...
Belgium is a: Country. Developed country; Nation state. Sovereign state; Member State of the European Union; Member state of NATO; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia. Europe. Western Europe; Time zone: Central European Time , Central European Summer Time ; Extreme points of Belgium. High: Signal de Botrange 694 m ...
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).
Vatican City (administered by the Holy See, a UN observer state), which is generally recognized as a sovereign state; In bold italics: states with limited recognition and associated states not members of the United Nations De facto sovereign states with partial international recognition, such as the State of Palestine, the Republic of Kosovo ...
As Belgium is a federal state, the flag of Belgium and the flags of the communities or regions in principle occupy the same rank. [1] Nonetheless, when flags are raised and lowered or carried in a procession, the national flag takes precedence over all the others. [1] The order of precedence is: [1] The national flag of Belgium
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The coat of arms of Belgium bears a lion or, known as Leo Belgicus (Latin for the Belgian lion), as its charge. This is in accordance with article 193 (originally 125) of the Belgian Constitution : The Belgian nation takes red, yellow and black as colours, and as state coat of arms the Belgian lion with the motto UNITY MAKES STRENGTH .