Westland is an Dutch municipality in the province of South Holland just south of The Hague. It came in 2004 in existence after an merger of 5 other municipalities. Which are De Lier, 's-Gravenzande with the hamlet Heenweg, Monster with the villages of Ter Heijde en Poeldijk, Wateringen with the village of Kwintsheul and Naaldwijk with the villages of Maasdijk and Honselersdijk. The named it after the region Westland where all those places are in, however the towns of Schipluiden en Maasland also part of the region Westland but part of another municipality. Close to the municipality are the important cities like The Hague, Delft and Rotterdam with it's enormous port, the western border is the North Sea with it's dunes and beaches. Don't expect and beach towns with boulevards, but it is accessible for some sunbathing and such. But the main economy is horticultural companies in the presence of greenhouses, which gives so much light that the night is lighten up. Want some nature go to the earlier mentioned dunes because Westland is rather filled with buildings. With all those towns and villages this municipality has an population of around 108 thousand. So let's take an look at the flag.
The flag has an white background with green and white wavy lines and an emerging red lion. It's an stretched out coat of arms and let check that one. The lion has to do with Holland and it's relations with the medieval counts of Holland. The lion is originated from the coat of arms of Naaldwijk en 's-Gravenzande. The colors red and white are from De Lier and Naaldwijk, Monster and Wateringen only with white. Monster is represented with the pearl crown only with the coat of arms not on the flag. The green wavy lines stands for the fertile lands behind the dunes. The wavy white line stands for the greenhouses. The 5 points of the white wavy line represented the 5 former municipalities. The flag looks good to try that every municipality has an part on the flag.
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