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De Ronde Venen (The Netherlands)

Utrecht province

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adopted ?

De Ronde Venen municipality
De Ronde Venen Coat of Arms
Mijdrecht
Wilnis

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Vinkeveen

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De Ronde Venen municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 34.499; area: 84,84 km². Settlements: Mijdrecht (seat), Amstelhoek, De Hoef, Vinkeveen, Waverveen, Wilnis.
De Ronde Venen municipality was formed on 1 Jan 1989 by the merger of the municipalities of Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Mijdrecht, and Wilnis.

De Ronde Venen Coat of Arms

image from Ralf Hartemin's site.

Granted 17 Jul 1989.

Mijdrecht former municipality

by Jarig Bakker, 10 Jul 2003

Mijdrecht was until 1 Jan 1989 a municipality; it was then merged with Vinkeveen en Waverveen, and Wilnis, to form the new municipality of De Ronde Venen, with its seat in Mijdrecht.

Description of the old Mijdrecht flag:
Three stripes white - red - white, proportioned 1:4:1; in the center of the red stripe a turned Agnus Dei with cross-banner, all white and stepping on the white stripe; on the white cross of the Agnus Dei is a shortened red cross.
Instituted by the former municipal council on 17 May 1963.
I've used Ralf Hartemink's Mijdrecht Coat of Arms for this.
Source: Derkwillem Visser's Gemeentevlaggen en wapens Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, 2001.
Jarig Bakker, 10 Jul 2003

Wilnis former municipality

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adopted 26 Nov 1962

Flagdescription: seven horizontal stripes of white and green, proportioned 2:1.
Adopted 26 Nov 1962 by municipal resolution.
The population of Wilnis was 3.600 in the settlements Wilnis (seat), Groot-Mijdrecht, Noorden (part), Woerdens Verlaat.
On 1 Jan 1989 it became part of the new municipality of De Ronde Venen. In 2003 it became world-famous because in a very dry summer it was hit by flooding, caused by extreme draught.