Zemst (Municipality, Province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium)

Last modified: 2002-10-19 by ivan sache
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by Ivan Sache

• Description of the flag

See also:

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

Description of the flag

Zemst (19,500 inhabitants) is located in the arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde. Zemst was mentioned in an old Mechelen chronicle as being in existence in 961, when king Arnulph of Carinthia defeated the Vikings near Leuven.

The flag is: Party per bend sinister, Sable, Or, Vert, Or, and Sable. Proportions are 2:3.

The flag was adopted on 25 June 1985.

Source: Flags of the Low Countries

Jarig Bakker, 3 November 2001