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![[Flag of Essen]](../images/b/be-vanes.gif)
by Jarig Bakker, coat of
arms from Ralf Hartemink
's website
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Essen is located in the arrondissement of Antwerp, on the Belgian-Dutch border where trains from Roosendaal to Antwerp used to halt without even coffee being offered.
The flag is vertically divided blue-yellow, with the stylized coat
of arms in canton.
The coat of arms has two ox-heads on top and below the yellow chevron
a lying sheep.
The flag was adopted by Municipal decision 8 November 1995, confirmed by Ministerial decision 23 June 1996.
Source: Van evers en heiligen. Wapens en vlaggen van de gemeenten in de provincie Antwerpen [pbd98]
Jarig Bakker, 27 September 2001
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