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Landerd (The Netherlands)
Noord-Brabant province
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adopted 6 Jul 1994.
See also:
Landerd municipality
Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 14.706; area: 70,68 km². Settlements:
Zeeland (seat), Reek, Schaijk.
Landerd is a merger of the former municipalities of Schaijk
and Zeeland on 1 Jan 1994. Schaijk was formed by
the merger of the former municipalities of Schaijk and Reek in 1942.
Flagdescription: "White, with issuing from 1/3 flaglength a green hoist-chevron,
of which the arms have a width equal to 1/7 flaglength, reaching into the
fly. On the center of the separation of hoist and fly a red four-leaved
flower, at the height of 4/7 of flag-height".
Landerd Coat of Arms
![[Landerd Coat of Arms]](../images/n/nl-nb)la.gif)
International
Civic Arms : http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Landerd
Granted 4 Oct 1994
Schaijk (former municipality
Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.net
adopted 28 Jun 1962.
Schaijk Coat of Arms
See International Civic Arms : http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Schaijk
The Coat of Arms of Schaijk is a combination of the Coat of Arms's of 2 former municipalities
that merged, Schaijk and Reek (sometime in 1942)
Reek Coat of Arms
See International Civic Arms : http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Reek
Zeeland (former municipality
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Flag adopted 30 Mar 1977.
Zeeland was founded around scattered farms, where peat-exploitation
took place. The Latin name for such a farm was "Sala", in MiddleDutch
"sale" or "sele". So it became "Sele-land" - hence
Zeeland. Its name was not derived from the sea on its Coat of Arms!
Zeeland Coat of Arms
See International Civic Arms : http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Zeeland_(NB)