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Alphen-Chaam (The Netherlands)
Noord-Brabant province
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Municipal flag
Alphen en Chaam is a merger of the former municipalities of Alphen en Riel,
Chaam and a parts of Nieuw Ginneken (Galder and Strijbeek) (The rest of
Nieuw
Ginneken - Bavel and Ulvenhout - went to Breda)
(1 Jan 1997). It has 9.486 inhabitants on 93,55 km2. Settlements:
Alphen (seat), Alphen-Boshoven, Alphen-Oosterwijk, Boslust, Cauwelaar,
Chaam, Chaamdijk, Druisdijk, Galder, Geersbroek, Ginderdoor, Grazen, Heerstaaien,
Heikant, Het Sas, Hondseind, Houtgoor, Kalishoek, Klooster, Kwaalburg,
Leg, Looneind, Meijsberg, Notsel, Rakens, Snijders-Chaam, Strijbeek, Terover,
Venweg, 't Zand
Franc van Diest, 16 Aug 2001
Alphen en Chaam Coat of Arms
International
Civic Arms : http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Alphen-Chaam
Alphen en Riel [former municipality]
Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flagchart/gemeente.htm
Alphen present village flag
Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flagchart/gemeente.htm
Chaam [former municipality]
Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flagchart/gemeente.htm
Chaam village-flag
Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flagchart/gemeente.htm
When Chaam ceased to be a separate municipality the old municipal flag
was abolished and a new village flag was adopted with four vertical stripes
of black and yellow with three countercharged combs.
Hans van Heijningen, 11 Nov 2006
Nieuw Ginneken [former municipality]
Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flagchart/gemeente.htm
Five equally wide horizontal stripes of green and white.
This flag was instituted on 19 Oct 1949 by municipal resolution. The
colors do not agree with the munipal Coat of Arms.
Source: Sierksma, Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962.
Jarig Bakker, 13 May 2003