- Flag of Flevoland
The
flag ofFlevoland was adopted onFebruary 19 ,1989 . [ [http://home.online.no/~vlaenen/low_countries/nlpfv.htm The Low Countries: 4.2 Province of Flevoland (1986-JAN-01/NOW) ] ]Description
The flag is tierced in
fess azure , or and vert.The flag recalls how the new province was reclaimed from the
IJsselmeer . The central yellow stripe, wavy then straight, symbolises the transformation of the sea into land. Its colour symbolisesrapeseed , planted to stabilise the land. The blue represents water, the green the land. [ [http://flagspot.net/flags/nl-fl.html Flevoland at Flags of the World] ]The fleur-de-lys commemorates C. Lely, who designed the original polders.
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