Flags and coats of arms of the Belgian provinces

This list shows and explains the coats of arms and flags of the ten Belgian provinces and the Brussels-Capital Region.

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Aspect ratio	province	Remarks
2: 3	Antwerp Antwerp	The flag only received official status in 1996 and goes back to an old Brabant tradition of waving a flag in a box.
2: 3	Flemish Brabant nl. Vlaams-Brabant	The red armored golden lion comes from the coat of arms of the Duchy of Brabant . The coat of arms shows the Lion of Brabant with the coat of arms of Leuven , the capital of this new province.
1: 1	Hainaut French Hainaut nl. Henegouwen Walloon Hinnot	The coat of arms of the province combines the red Dutch lion and the black Flemish lion.
2: 3	Limburg	The province has a gold-armored and gold-crowned red lion with a double tail in silver. It is the coat of arms of the Dukes of Limburg , who were related to the Counts of Berg . The heart shield shows the coat of arms of the Counts of Loon , whose area corresponds roughly to today's province of Limburg.
2: 3	Liège French Liège nl. Luik	The province has a coat of arms, which is composed of the coats of arms of the five cities of the province: In the inserted golden tip are the three red hip horns of the city of Faimes . The golden candlestick in the first, red field stands for the city of Liège . The second field shows a silver bar in red for bouillon , in the third field there are three crowned red-armored green lions in silver for Franchimont . The four red bars in the golden field represent the city of Looz .
6:10	Luxembourg French Luxembourg	The provincial coat of arms corresponds to that of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg . The only difference between the flag and the flag of Luxembourg is the coat of arms. Ermesinde II married Walram III in 1214. from Limburg. He added the royal crown to the coat of arms as a sign of his claims to the Margraviate of Namur. When his father dies, he adds the forked tail as a sign of his rule over the county of Luxembourg and the Duchy of Limburg. His son Henry the Blonde added the blue stripes in the background too likely as a sign that he was starting a new dynasty.
2: 3	Namur French Namur nl. Names	The flag goes back to the medieval colors of the county of Namur .
2: 3	East Flanders East Vlaanderen	The red armored black lion in the golden field comes from the coat of arms of the Counts of Flanders.
	Walloon Brabant French Brabant Wallon nl. Waals-Brabant Walloon: Braibant walon	The red armored golden lion comes from the coat of arms of the Duchy of Brabant. The red rooster is the symbol of Wallonia .
2: 3	West Flanders nl. West Flanders West Flanders: West Flanders	The coat of arms consists of the so-called Old Flanders coat of arms and the lion of the Flemish counts.
2: 3	Brussels-Capital Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	The bilingual Brussels-Capital Region does not belong to any province. It was “de-provincialized” in 1995 when the former province of Brabant was split into a Flemish and a Walloon part.