Template:Country data Belgium - Wikipedia

Template documentation

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Template:Country data Belgium is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flag icon, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
alias	Belgium	Main article name (Belgium)
flag alias	Flag of Belgium (civil).svg	Image name (File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
state		Flag of Belgium.svg
government		Government Ensign of Belgium.svg
1830		Flag of Belgium (1830).svg
1858		Royal ensign of Belgium (1858).svg
naval		Naval Ensign of Belgium.svg
navy		Naval Ensign of Belgium.svg
air force		Air Force Ensign of Belgium.svg
army		Flag of the Belgian Land Component.svg

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	{{flag|alias}} output	{{flag country|alias}} output
BEL (view)	BEL	Belgium

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

Using a flag variant

Using a redirect alias

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

This template includes an ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

Other information

Country_data templates are also available for each of the three communities:

Country_data templates are also available for each of the three regions and ten provinces of Belgium:

Template:Country data Brussels-Capital Region	Brussels-Capital Region
Template:Country data Flemish Region	Flemish Region
Template:Country data Antwerp	Antwerp
Template:Country data Limburg (Belgium)	Limburg
Template:Country data Flemish Brabant	Flemish Brabant
Template:Country data East Flanders	East Flanders
Template:Country data West Flanders	West Flanders
Template:Country data Wallonia	Wallonia
Template:Country data Hainaut	Hainaut
Template:Country data Walloon Brabant	Walloon Brabant
Template:Country data Namur	Namur
Template:Country data Liège	Liège
Template:Country data Luxembourg (Belgium)	Luxembourg

For the merged Flemish Community and Region, the following is also available:

TemplateData

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flag icon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter	Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified