Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 20.670; area: 13,48 km². Settlements:
Hillegom (seat).
Hillegom is a municipality in Zuid-Holland province, famous for its
flowerbulbs.
Flag: three horizontal stripes of yellow, green and red.
Adopted 9 Feb 1951 by municipal resolution.
-- Jarig Bakker, 26 May 2005
Hillegom old flag
by Jarig Bakker, 26 May 2005
in use c. 1939
According to "Wie, Wat, Waar? 1940", an annual published by the
Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad in Nov. 1939, the flag of Hillegom was:
three horizontal stripes red - yellow - green, with in the center of
yellow the municipal arms, with red and yellow reversed.
Jarig Bakker, 26 May 2005
Hillegom Coat of Arms
by Jarig Bakker, 26 May 2005
Granted 24 Jul 1816
Arms: or a fess vert with three fleurs-de-lis gules, placed 2,1.
This is the coat of arms of the van Hillegom family, which had a blue
fess.