Ostende (Municipality, Province of West Flanders, Belgium)

Oostende

Last modified: 2006-07-22 by ivan sache
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Municipal flag of Ostende - Image by Ivan Sache, 18 November 1991

• Municipal flag of Ostende
• Royal Yacht Club d'Ostende et Royal Motor Club de Belgique
• Oostendse Compagnie (XVIIIth century)

See also:

• Belgium
• Province of West Flanders: Municipal flags
• Belgium: Municipal flags

Municipal flag of Ostende

The municipality and town (Stad) of Ostende (70,000 inhabitants) is the capital city of the arrondissement of Ostende.

The flag is horizontally divided red and yellow.

The flag was adopted on 2 September 1985. That flag has been known since at least the XVIIth century. Wilson's "Flags at Sea" [wil86] has a wimpel for Ostend, and an Ostend Fighting flag (p. 68, flagchart of William Downman, 1685-86), and on p. 69 an Ostend Ensign.

Jarig Bakker, 10 November 1991

Royal Yacht Club d'Ostende et Royal Motor Club de Belgique

Burgee of RYCDO - Image by José Carlos Alegria Diaz & Jaume Ollé, 29 October 1999

The burgee of the RYCDO is red with two yellow triangles placed along the hoist and a Royal crown in the red field.

Ivan Sache, 29 October 2005