Belgium

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Belgium

Koninkrijk België - Royaume de Belgique - Königreich Belgien

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The National Arms of Belgium	The National Flag	Location

Administrative division

Belgium has a rather complex, language based, admisitrative division. Besides the Federal Government, which is based in Brussels, there are three language communities (Dutch, French and German) as well as three regions (Vlaanderen (Flemish region), Wallonie (French region) and Brussels Capital Region (bilingual).

The regions are further divided into provinces (5 each) and municipalities (around 590).

Heraldry

• Arms of language communities:
  • Dutch community
  • French community
  • German community

• Arms of Provinces

• Arms of municipalities :

Only 10-15% of the files have been transferred from the old site !
In time all files will be transferred from the old site. 

All municipalities are listed under their official names. Synonyms in the other language(s) are not included in the alphabetical list, except for official bilingual municipalities.
Prefixes as De, Het, 's, L', Le, La, Un, Une are placed behind the name for example De Panne is under P.

Select by first letter:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | IJ/Y | Z |

Please see here for the municipalities still on the old site:

Select by first letter:

A |B |C |D |E |F |G |H |I |J |K |L |M |N |O |P |Q |R |S |T |U |V |W |IJ/Y | |Z

• Arms of water boards/Waterschappen
  

Like in the Netherlands a number of Waterschappen (water boards) exist in the Flemish provinces. These are bodies that regulate the water levels in a certain area.

Colonial Heraldry

• Belgian Congo
• Ruanda-Urundi

Heraldic collector's items

• Heraldic postcards
• Heraldic stamps from Belgium