Brussels-Capital Region - Belgium

Brussels-Capital Region or called in Dutch Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest and in French Région de Bruxelles-Capitale with an population of around 1.2 million but if we include all suburbs outside Brussels-Capital Region then we have an population of around 2.1 million. After the federal reform of Belgium in 1989 when the Flemish (Dutch speaking) and Walloon (French speaking) get their own regions, Brussels due it's bilinguality (French 90%/Dutch 10%) also. Brussels-Capital Region comprise of 19 municipalities namely Anderlecht, Auderghem/Oudergem, Berchem-Sainte-Agathe/Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Bruxelles-Ville/Stad Brussel, Etterbeek, Evere, Forest/Vorst, Ganshoren, Ixelles/Elsene, Jette, Koekelberg, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean/Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis, 
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode/Sint-Joost-ten-Node, Schaerbeek/Schaarbeek, Uccle/Ukkel, Watermael-Boitsfort/Watermaal-Bosvoorde, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert/Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre/Sint-Pieters-Woluwe. The largest of them is Bruxelles-Ville/Stad Brussel and the smallest is Saint-Josse-ten-Noode/Sint-Joost-ten-Node. With the highest population and here they again Bruxelles-Ville/Stad Brussel and with the least population is Watermael-Boitsfort/Watermaal-Bosvoorde. But there are plans to merge all 19 municipalities to one big city under one mayor, like big cities as London or Paris, to reduce the many politicians and parties to something controllable. It is Belgian politics and that plan can take a long time to get trough. But everyone who lives in this region is called an Bruxellois/Bruxelloise (French) and Brusselaar/Brusselse (Dutch), so that issue is al sorted. So let's take an look at the flag.

The flag has an blue background with an flower/hart image with the colors yellow, white and grey in the center. The blue and yellow are from the flag of the European Union, which Brussels acts as de-facto capital of Europe. The yellow image is the yellow iris an swamp plant once very common in the Brussels area, because the city is build on an drenched swamp. The flower is an Brussels symbol because after an victory of the duke of Brabant who lured his enemy in the swamps covered with the yellow iris. He know if you follow the flowers on horseback nothing happened, if you don't follow it you stuck in the swamp. The grey heart symbolize that the Brussels-Capital Region is open to the world. And the whole design of the flag is in Art Nouveau style what is typical Brussels. Quite good symbolism but the flag looks silly to me.