Bernissart
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Nomenclature and Geography
Category: City / Municipality
Summary
About the place: Bernissart is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut near the French border. It is world-famous for the 1878 paleontological discovery of numerous Iguanodon fossils inside a local coal mine.
Flag Description: The municipal flag is quartered. The first and fourth quarters are green, each featuring three yellow cross-crosslets fitchy aligned diagonally in bend. The second and third quarters consist of ten diagonal stripes alternating between yellow and red.
Symbolism: The flag's design directly reflects the historical coat of arms of the Auberchicourt family, former lords of Bernissart. The green quarters with crosslets fitchy and the bendy yellow and red quarters represent the heraldic heritage of this noble lineage.
Flag Description: The municipal flag is quartered. The first and fourth quarters are green, each featuring three yellow cross-crosslets fitchy aligned diagonally in bend. The second and third quarters consist of ten diagonal stripes alternating between yellow and red.
Symbolism: The flag's design directly reflects the historical coat of arms of the Auberchicourt family, former lords of Bernissart. The green quarters with crosslets fitchy and the bendy yellow and red quarters represent the heraldic heritage of this noble lineage.
Statistics
Area
43.42 km²
Population
11,900