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Berkel en Rodenrijs (The Netherlands)
Zuid-Holland province
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Berkel en Rodenrijs municipality
Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 17.307; area: 18,90 km². Settlements:
Berkel (seat) and Rodenrijs.
Flag adopted by municipal resolution on 29 Sep 1961.
Description of the flag: Two equally wide horizontal stripes of bluie
and white, with in the canton a yellow square with a red eight-pointed
star.
For centuries a horizontal blue over white flag had been used; it was
felt that this was too common in the Netherlands. By adding a characteristic
element from the CoA - the red 8-pointed star, reminding of the merger
in 1855 of the municipalities of De Tempel with Berkel en Rodenrijs - a
clearly distinguishable flag was created.
Source: Sierksma - Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962 [sie62]
Jarig Bakker, 23 May 2003
Berkel en Rodenrijs old flag
by Jarig Bakker, 23 May 2003
Berkel en Rodenrijs CoA
image from the Berkel en Rodenrijs
municipal website.
Granted 1 Feb 1960.