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Oosterhout (The Netherlands)

Noord-Brabant province

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Oosterhout municipality Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
adopted 11 Sep 1956

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Oosterhout municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 53.132; area: 73,00 km². Settlements: Oosterhout (seat), Baarschot, Den Hout, Dorst, Eind van den Hout, Groenendijk, Heikant, Heistraat, Hespelaar, Oosteind, Seters, Steelhoven, Steenoven, Ter Aalst, Vijfhuizen, Vrachelen.
Flag and CoA represent the founder of Oosterhout, Willem van Duvenvoorde (1290-1353), who was a distant relative of the Wassenaar family, hence the three "wassenaars" (crescents).

Oosterhout CoA

[Oosterhout CoA] image from the Oosterhout municipal site.
Granted 16 Jul 1817.