i.e. it consists of two horizontal stripes in the colours green and blue.

The central yellow stripe, wavy then straight, symbolises the transformation of the sea into land.

[3] The white fleur-de-lys (lily) is a pun, known in heraldry as canting arms.

It commemorates Cornelis Lely, designer of the original polders, essential to the province.

The flag of Lelystad, the provincial capital, is decorated with the same flower.