Flag of Wallonia
Encyclopedia
French Community of Belgium
The French Community of Belgium is one of the three official communities in Belgium along with the Flemish Community and the German speaking Community. Although its name could suggest that it is a community of French citizens in Belgium, it is not...
. It features a red bold rooster, bold meaning its right leg is lifted and its mouth is closed, on a yellow background. Those colors come from the city of Liège. The flag is also used by the Walloon Movement
Walloon Movement
The Walloon Movement is an umbrella term for all Belgian political movements that either assert the existence of a Walloon identity or defend French culture and language within Belgium. The movement began as a defence of the primacy of French but later gained political and socio-economic objectives...
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Creation
The flag was created in 1913, painted by Pierre PaulusPierre Paulus
Baron Pierre Paulus de Châtelet was a Walloon expressionist painter, most known as the designer of "the bold rooster" adopted on 3 July 1913 by the Walloon Assembly for the flag of Wallonia....
. See the original flag.
Officialization
On the 3rd July 1991, the French Community adopted by decree the Walloon Flag as its symbol, confirming an older decree from the former French Cultural Community of Belgium on the 20th July 1975.On the 15th July 1998, the Walloon Flag was officially recognized as the Flag of Wallonia by the Walloon Region.
External links
- Notice on the Walloon Flag based on the online Encyclopedia of the Walloon Movement.
- The official flag of the French Community of Belgium on its website.
- Anthem & flag on the official website of the Walloon ParliamentWalloon ParliamentThe Walloon Parliament , formerly the Walloon Regional Council , is the Parliament of the Walloon Region, commonly called Wallonia, one of the self-governing Regions of Belgium with Flanders and the Brussels-Capital Region...
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