Zundert [North Brabant, Municipality] (The Netherlands) (original) (raw)

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Noord-Brabant province

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adopted 8 Jun 1999

Zundert municipality

Number of inhabitants: 20.342; area: 119,94 km². Settlements: Zundert (seat), Achtmaal, Klein-Zundert, Rijsbergen, Wernhout.
The present municipality was formed on 1 Jan 1997 by the merger of the former municipalities of Rijsbergen and Zundert. The village of Schijf, which was part of Zundert, has become part of the municipality of Rucphen.
Flagdescription: two equally wide horizontal stripes of white and red with a green hoist-trangle, of which the apex reaches halfway glaglength, on which a white fleur-de-lis, with a height of 1/2 flagheight.

Zundert Coat of Arms

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Granted 16 Jul 1817

Zundert [former municipality]

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Adopted 25 Jan 1962. Description: Square, a blue field with a yellow chevron with a height of 5/6 of flagheight on the bottom of the flag.
The flag is a simplified form of the municipal arms.
Source: Sierksma's Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962 [sie62]

Rijsbergen [former municipality]

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Flag adopted 26 May 1962; description: red, with a hoist-triangle reaching halfway flaglength, with in the fly-center a white fleur-de-lis.
The colors and elements have been derived from the original colors of the municipal arms, which in its turn were derived from the family of Aarschot-Schoonhoven and the Abbey of Tongerloo.
Source: Sierksma's Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962 [sie62]

Rijsbergen Coat of Arms

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