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Liège (Municipality, Province of Liège, Belgium)

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Municipal flag of Liège - Image by Ivan Sache, 17 November 2001

Municipal flag of Liège
Former flag of Liège
Honour flag awarded to Liège in 1830
Union Nautique de Liège (Rowing club)

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Municipal flag of Liège

The municipality and town (Ville) of Liège (188,000 inhabitants) is the capital city of the Province of Liège.

The flag is vertically divided red-yellow. It is still unofficial.

The colours of the flag are derived from the municipal coat of arms, described as follows on the International Civic Heraldry website:

The present arms were officially granted on February 1st, 1947, and may be surrounded by several chains of military decorations. The arms of Liége show a monument or 'perron'. The perron is most likely derived form an actual monument in the city. It is first seen on a coin of Hendrik II of Limburg, as Prince-Bishop of Liège, dating between 1145 and 1165. The perron was shown freely on coins until the mid XIVth century, when the symbol was placed in a shield. Whether the city at the time already used it as city arms is not known. Ever since the perron, including the base with the three lions, has been the arms of the city. The actual shape, however has varied widely during the centuries, and similarly, not all images show the lions. In the late XVIIth century the whole name, LIEGE was shown around the perron. The letters L and G appear for the first time in the late XVIIIth century.

Jarig Bakker, 17 November 2001

Former flag of Liège

Former municipal flag of Liège, c. 1900 - Image by Ivan Sache, 12 June 2005

Nouveau Larousse Illustré, Dictionnaire Universel Encyclopédique (7 volumes, published in Paris, 1898-1904) shows the flags of the main Belgian cities, then based on the traditional colours of the cities.
The flag shown for Liège is horizontally divided red-yellow.

Jan Martens & Ivan Sache, 12 June 2005

Honour flag awarded to Liège in 1830

Honour flag of Liège - Photography by Jean-Marc Demeyer, 21 February 2004

Similar honour flags were awarded in 1830 to several Belgian municipalities that had contributed to the independence.

Ivan Sache, 21 February 2004

Union Nautique de Liège (Rowing club)

Burgee of UNL - Image by Jorge Candeias, 24 July 2004

The rowing club Union Nautique de Liège was founded in 1873. It is located on pointe de la Boverie, between the river Meuse and the Dérivation (diversion).
The UNL has 200 rowers, 100 of them taking part to rowing competitions. Every year, the UNL organizes a long distance (8,250 m) interclub competition called Les Boucles de Liège (The Loops of Liège).

The burgee of the UNL has two green triangles along the hoist, separated from the white field of the flag by a black fimbriation.

Source: UNL website

Ivan Sache, 24 July 2004