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Lingewaard (The Netherlands)

Gelderland province

Last modified: 2005-07-02 by jarig bakker
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[Lingewaard flag] by Stefan Lambrechts, 28 Jun 2005, of Shipmate Flagchart.
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Lingewaard municipality

As of 1 Jan 2001 the new municipality of Lingewaard is a merger of the former municipalities of Bemmel, Gendt and Huissen. For the moment the new municipality is using the flag of the former municipality. At first the name of Bemmel was used for the new municipality, later Betuwestad.
Inhabitants (1 Jan 2003) 42.465; area: 68,63 km². Settlements: Angeren, Bemmel (seat), Doornenburg, Gendt, Haalderen, Huissen, Ressen.
Jarig Bakker, 21 May 2003

I just got word from the municipality of Lingewaard, in Gelderland province, about its new flag: white with the municipal logo.
The logo can be seen at the municipal website, where it is explained as a multicolored butterfly, consisting of 7 parts, each representing a village. (there is no explanation why only part of the logo has been used on the flag).
The butterfly also symbolizes the rural environment of this municipality in the Betuwe region, just north