Herent (Municipality, Province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium)

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• Description of the flag

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• Belgium
• Province of Flemish Brabant: Municipal flags
• Belgium: Municipal flags

Description of the flag

Herent (18,000 inhabitants) is located in the arrondissement of Leuven.

The flag is: Quartered, I the Holy Virgin holding the child Jesus, Or, holding a fleur-de-lys Or, II Sable, a turned lion rampant Or, tongued and armed Gules, with a letter "W" Or, III Sable, a turned lion rampant Or, tongued and armed Gules, IV Argent, a chief indented Azure, with three fleur-de-lys Or. Proportions are 2:3.

The flag was adopted on 1 July 1986.

Source: Flags of the Low Countries

Jarig Bakker, 28 October 2001