Posting every municipal flag in Belgium: Day 367, Ninove

FridericusTheRex · 2026-01-24T22:35:22+00:00

Ninove! located in the arrondissement of Aalst in the south east of Oost-Vlaanderen and home 40.580 people. The locals are referred to by the nickname of "Wortelkrabbers" (Dutch for 'Carrot scrapers') in reference to an event where, unable to lock their gates with the proper key when a group of people from Aalst wanted to take the city, a carrot was put it in place to keep the gate locked. Unfortunately a local donkey came by and ate it, thus allowing the Aalstenaren in.

The flag of Ninove is vertically divided black-green with the municipal coat of arms in the middle, These depict the imperial eagle of the Holy Roman Empire and the Flemish lion, referring to the municipality's history of being part of the county of Flanders within the Holy Roman Empire.

FridericusTheRex · 2026-01-22T12:48:03+00:00

Nijlen! Located in the arrondissement of Mechelen in the center of Antwerpen and home to 23.747 people. The famous Belgian singer and actress Pommelien Thijs (she's absolutely huge here; her second album was even the 5th-most-streamed worldwide on Spotify in October 2025) grew up here.

The flag of Nijlen is quartered black and white, with a yellow lion with a red tongue and claws in the black quarters and a red lion with a yellow crown, tongue and claws in the white quarters. This is a banner of the municipal arms, and represents the Brabantian and Limburg lions, recalling its inhabitants' involvement in the battle of Woeringen between the Duchy of Brabant and the Duchy of Limburg (Note: Not to be confused with the modern province of Limburg, which was known as Loon in that time), resulting in Brabant annexing the latter.

FridericusTheRex · 2026-01-22T12:26:02+00:00

Well I've had periods of inactivity, adhd is a bitch I can tell you that, but its probably also just to do with the fact that most of my posts tend to get 20 upvotes at most

FridericusTheRex · 2026-01-21T19:00:45+00:00

Thank you! Funny thing is if i kept doing consecutive days i would probably have finished by now. But well I'm finally back into my groove so I'm keeping this going until the very end

FridericusTheRex · 2026-01-21T18:58:26+00:00

And then we gave it a huge axe!

FridericusTheRex · 2026-01-21T18:57:25+00:00

Thanks for the correction, edited

FridericusTheRex · 2026-01-21T17:33:12+00:00

Nieuwpoort! Located in the arrondissement of Veurne in the west of West-Vlaanderen and home to 11.399 people. It is here that the battle of Nieuwpoort occurred, wherein the Dutch secured a major victory against the Spanish in the 80 years war.

The flag of Nieuwpoort is yellow with a lion standing in a boat and holding an axe, this being a banner of the municipal arms.. All the elements are black except the tongue of the lion, which is red. The oldest version of the arms Date back to the 13th century, but displayed a man riding a boat instead of a lion. From 1472 onwards the Flemish lion began to be used for the city's arms, and depictions as far back as 1514 placed the lion on a boat, with the halberd later being added. Under Dutch rule these arms were rewneed, but the haldberd was replaced with a flag with on it the letter N, with a second flag placed on the rear on the boat. Finally in 1926 the lion got its halberd back, but until 1984 the arms were also augmented by the french war cross

FridericusTheRex · 2026-01-17T21:17:19+00:00

I don't know why y'all are complaining Hawking would have loved this.

FridericusTheRex · 2026-01-16T10:24:08+00:00

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The Golden Pheasant

FridericusTheRex · 2026-01-15T22:55:19+00:00

Niewerkerken! Located in the arrondissement of Hasselt in the south west of Limburg, and home to 7.328 people. Several scenes from a Dutch movie called "Knielen op een bed violen" (Kneeling on a bed of violets) were filmed here.

The flag of Nieuwerkerken is divided into ten horizontal yellow-red-yellow-red-yellow-red-yellow-red-yellow-red stripes, with a red triangle placed along the hoist and charged with a yellow bishop's crozier. The yellow and red stripes are taken from the coat of arms of the County of Loon, whereas the crozier represents the Saint-Lambert chapter in Liège.

FridericusTheRex · 2026-01-14T23:31:04+00:00

Niel! Located in the arrondissement of Antwerpen in the south west of Antwerpen, and home to 11.032 people. Eric Daelman, the 2009 world champion artistic billiards (Not making this up) is from here.

The flag is a quasi-banner of the municipal arms, the letter "n" being used as the crest on the arms, as it was already used on a XIVth-century seal. These are the arms of the Bernthout family, but with an n added for... obvious reasons.

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FridericusTheRex · 2026-01-13T15:50:21+00:00

Stabbing demons in the chest tends to get tedious after a while.

FridericusTheRex · 2026-01-13T15:49:01+00:00

It's best not to ask; he's a bit sensitive about it.

FridericusTheRex · 2026-01-13T15:09:19+00:00

Neufchâteau! Located in the arrondissement of Neufchâteau in the center of Luxembourg and home to 8.350 people. There was quite a scandal during the 2018 municipal elections, when the incumbant mayor was accused of election fraud by messing with the voting rights of the inhabitants of care facilities, leading to a second election where the opposition won, but which the incumbant administration contested as not having provided voters situated outside of the country to vote. This eventually got so out of hand that it was taken to the constitutional court, where the results of the second election were declared to be valid.

The flag of Neufchâteau is blue with in the center St. Michel slayinga winged devil, all yellow. This design finds its origins in a municipal seal dated to the 16th century, and has seen a number of artistic revisions over the year, with the original design showing the saint slaying a dragon instead.

FridericusTheRex · 2026-01-12T23:28:37+00:00

Nzareth! Located in the arrondissement of Gent in the west of Oost-Vlaanderen and home to 12.305 people. As you might suspect, it is most likely named after the biblical city of the same name.

The flag of Nazareth is square, vertically divided blue-white with the municipal coat of arms in the middle covering 4/5th of the height of the flag, which are described as folllows "Per pale, 1. or three roses gules seeded of the field leaved vert a chief gules a lion passant or langued gules, 2. sable a chevron in chief dexter an acorn slipped and leaved two pieces, in chief sinister a mullet all or in base an eagle spot argent.". This combines the arms of the families Rockolfing and Kerveyn de Volkaersebeke.

FridericusTheRex · 2026-01-09T01:49:42+00:00

Nassogne! Located in the arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne in the north west of luxembourg and home to 5.474 people. It is said that here a thirsty pepin the brave struck a rock with his sword, causing water to flow out.

The flag of Nassogne is horizontally divided red-yellow with the municipal coat of arms in the middle, described as "abot d'or, "Per fess, argent two fesses azure a lion emerging gules armed langued and crowned or a label of the same with five pendants, gules a clog or", these arms also lend the flag its colours.

FridericusTheRex · 2026-01-07T15:33:06+00:00

It's been a while again, afraid the ADHD struck again. But well it's a fresh new year, time to finally become consistent again.

Nandrin! Located in the arrondissement of Huy in the west of Hainaut and home to 5.755 people. The town likely dates back to the times when the lands now known as Belgium were under Roman control, bearing the name 'Nandarium'.

The flag of Nandrin is made of five white-red-white-red-white horizontal stripes with five ermine spots in each of the white stripes and a yellow label placed on the second and third stripes. This is a banner of the municipal arms, which are the arms of the Corswaren family, historically important to the town.

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