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File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg

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`	File:Flag of Belgium.svg	`Flag of Belgium.svg`
`government`	File:Government Ensign of Belgium.svg	`Government Ensign of Belgium.svg`
`1830`	File:Flag of Belgium (1830).svg	`Flag of Belgium (1830).svg`
`1858`	File:Royal ensign of Belgium (1858).svg	`Royal ensign of Belgium (1858).svg`
`naval`	File:Naval Ensign of Belgium.svg	`Naval Ensign of Belgium.svg`
`navy`	File:Naval Ensign of Belgium.svg	`Naval Ensign of Belgium.svg`
`air force`	File:Air Force Ensign of Belgium.svg	`Air Force Ensign of Belgium.svg`
`army`	File:Flag of the Belgian Land Component.svg	`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)	Template:Country data BEL	Template:Country data BEL

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Belgium}} → File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
{{flag icon|Belgium}} → File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Belgium|state}} → File:Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium
{{flag icon|Belgium|state}} → File:Flag of Belgium.svg

Using a redirect alias

{{flag icon|BEL}} → Template:Country data BEL
{{flag country|BEL}} → Template:Country data BEL
{{flag|BEL}} → Template:Country data BEL

Military ensigns

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

{{naval|Belgium}} → Template:Naval
{{flag icon|Belgium|naval}} → File:Naval Ensign of Belgium.svg

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

{{air force|Belgium}} → File:Air Force Ensign of Belgium.svg Belgian Air Component
{{flag icon|Belgium|air force}} → File:Air Force Ensign of Belgium.svg

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

{{navy|Belgium}} → Template:Navy
{{flag icon|Belgium|navy}} → File:Naval Ensign of Belgium.svg

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

{{army|Belgium}} → File:Flag of the Belgian Land Component.svg Belgian Land Component
{{flag icon|Belgium|army}} → File:Flag of the Belgian Land Component.svg

Other information

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

Template:Country data Flemish Community	Template:Country data Flemish Community
Template:Country data French Community	Template:Country data French Community
Template:Country data German-speaking Community	Template:Country data German-speaking Community

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

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

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

Template:Country data Flanders

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data Belgium in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data Belgium

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
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

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