Ixelles / Elsene (Municipality, Region of Brussels-Capital, Belgium)

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by Ivan Sache

• Description of the flag

See also:

• Belgium
• Region of Brussels-Capital: Municipal flags
• Belgium: Municipal flags

Description of the flag

The cover of Vexillacta [vxl] #12 (June 2001) shows a painting by Pierre Thévenet (1870-1937), entitled Bruxelles - Porte de Namur - 21 juillet 1932. The 21st of July is the National Day in Belgium. On the main building represented on the painting are hoisted:

• the flag of Belgian Congo
• the national flag of Belgium ('Belgian square', with proportion 13:15)
• the flag of the municipality of Brussels (red with a green border)
• the flag of the municipality of Ixelles (horizontally divided green-white).

Ivan Sache, 3 July 2001