Flevoland is a province of the Netherlands.
Description[]
The flag is tierced in fess azure, or and vert. i.e. it consists of two horizontal stripes in the colours green and blue. A thinner, yellow stripe separates the two. In the upper left corner of the flag is a fleur-de-lis.
Symbolism[]
The flag recalls how the new province was reclaimed from the IJsselmeer. The central yellow stripe, wavy then straight, symbolises the transformation of the sea into land. Its colour symbolises rapeseed, planted to stabilise the land. The blue represents water, the green the land.
The white fleur-de-lys (lily) is a pun, known in heraldry as canting arms. It commemorates Cornelis Lely, designer of the original polders, essential to the province. The flag of Lelystad, the provincial capital, is decorated with the same flower.
History[]
The flag, designed by the Amsterdam bureau BRS, was first hoisted on January 9, 1986, during the official establishment of the province of Flevoland. The Preparatory Body Flevoland had approved the design on 11 December 1985. On February 15, 1989, the flag was formally defined by the Flevoland Provincial Executive.
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