Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 17.307; area: 18,90 km². Settlements:
Berkel (seat) and Rodenrijs.
Flag adopted by municipal resolution on 29 Sep 1961.
Description of the flag: Two equally wide horizontal stripes of bluie
and white, with in the canton a yellow square with a red eight-pointed
star.
For centuries a horizontal blue over white flag had been used; it was
felt that this was too common in the Netherlands. By adding a characteristic
element from the Coat of Arms - the red 8-pointed star, reminding of the merger
in 1855 of the municipality of De Tempel with Berkel en Rodenrijs - a clearly
distinguishable flag was created.
Source: Sierksma - Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962 [sie62]
Since 1 Jan 2007 part of Lansingerland.
Jarig Bakker, 23 May 2003
image from Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.flagchart.net
See also:
![[Berkel en Rodenrijs old flag]](../images/n/nl-zh_br.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 23 May 2003
![[Berkel en Rodenrijs Coat of Arms]](../images/n/nl-zh)br.gif)
image from the Berkel en Rodenrijs
municipal website.
