Population (1 Jan 2003): 73.549; area: 26,71 km². Settlements: Vlaardingen.
Vlaardingen is part of the metropolitan area of Rotterdam.
This flag was used unofficially; in March 1857 the municipal council
of Vlaardingen informed the Commissaris des Konings (provincial
governor) that this was the official flag. The flag is also depicted in
Steenbergen's flagbook of 1870. Official
since 1 Jul 1971.
Jarig Bakker, 27 Apr 2003
Collegie te Vlaardingen
image
by Jaume Ollé, 27 Apr 2003, after Steenbergen:
Vlaggen van alle Natiën, 1862
(See Zeemanscolleges)
Collegie te Vlaardingen. Leen Smit pictures number 9. By 1979 this
college had disappeared.
Flag: Red over blue, in the middle a white oval with a black "V"
and number.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 6 Dec 2001