Fontaine-l'Évêque
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Nomenclature and Geography
Category: City / Municipality
Summary
About the place: Fontaine-l'Évêque is a French-speaking city and municipality in Belgium, located in the Walloon province of Hainaut near Charleroi.
Flag Description: The flag is vertically divided into black on the hoist side and yellow on the fly side, overall with a red bend running diagonally from the top left (hoist) corner to the bottom right (fly) corner.
Symbolism: The colors of the flag (black, yellow, and red) derived from the Belgian national colors as well as traditional tinctures of the historical arms of the Lords of Fontaine.
Flag Description: The flag is vertically divided into black on the hoist side and yellow on the fly side, overall with a red bend running diagonally from the top left (hoist) corner to the bottom right (fly) corner.
Symbolism: The colors of the flag (black, yellow, and red) derived from the Belgian national colors as well as traditional tinctures of the historical arms of the Lords of Fontaine.
Statistics
Area
28.41 km²
Population
17,800