Flag of Aitona

The flag of Aitona is a field with three equal vertical stripes: red, dark green and yellow. In each third goes a different piece of the coat of arms, so the coat of arms is split into three vertical bands.

How it came about

Aitona is a municipality in Segrià, in the province of Lleida. Its flag was approved on 15 October 2002.

The three pieces are those of the coat of arms: eight yellow discs in the red third, a yellow cock in the green one and the four pales of the senyera in the yellow.

How it has changed

It has never changed. It was approved in 2002 and there are no documented later modifications.

What it means

• Vertical stripes

  three, equal —red, dark green and yellow—.

• First third, red

  eight yellow discs in two columns of four. Each disc measures a tenth of the height of the field.

• Second third, green

  an upright yellow cock, centred, three fifths of the height of the field.

• Last third, yellow

  the four red pales of the senyera.

• No coat of arms over it

  the pieces go loose on the three colours.

Fun facts

1. The coat of arms cut into three bands

   The flag of Aitona does something unusual: instead of putting the whole coat of arms in the centre, it splits it. Each vertical stripe of the field carries a different piece of the municipal arms. The coat of arms is still there, but read in three columns.

2. The pales of the senyera alone in their stripe

   The four pales —the vertical bars of the senyera, the emblem of Aragon— occupy the yellow third all by themselves. The most recognisable piece of the coat of arms is the one that gets a whole stripe to itself, with no company.

3. A cock, eight discs, four pales

   The yellow cock and the eight discs are field figures; the pales are heraldic. The flag keeps the three categories of symbol in three separate stripes, so that each element keeps its own air without mixing with the others.

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