Belgian municipal flags: Province West Flanders

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Bruges (Brugge)

by Simon Delaere

Langemark-Poelkapelle

by Jorge Candeias

"By ministerial decree the municipality of Langemark-Poelkapelle was granted a coat-of-arm and flag on 13 october 1987.
Description of the coat of arms: 'Per pale 1. girony of 8 charges in or and in azure with a shield of pretence in gules, a chief in or with a lion passant between above right the capitals C.I.L, the whole in sable; 2. quarterly 1. and 4. in gules an eagle with two heads in argent 2. and 3. barry of six charges of gules and of or.'
Description of the flag: 'Two equally long bars of red and blue and in the middle the municipal coat of arms.'
C.I.L. stands for Cleven in Langemark."

From the municipal Website, quoted and translated from Dutch by Jarig Bakker, 10 May 1999

Oostende

Horizontal red and yellow.

Filip van Laenen, 30 November 1999