Flag of Alfara de la Baronia

Divided vertically: at the flagpole, blue with three gold bands above and four fleurs-de-lis on two pales below; on the fly side, red with a golden jug.

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The flag, in figures

Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.

Proportions: 2:33 wide for every 2 high. 989 flags in the catalogue share it.
Properties: Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
Use: CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.
Adopted: 201030 August 2010 · 16 years ago
Colours: blue
yellow
red
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms: YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.

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The divided field
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The three gold bands
2
The four fleurs-de-lis
3
The pitcher

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

It is a rectangular field with a 2:3 ratio, divided in half vertically. Next to the flagpole the field is blue and is itself divided: in the upper part, three bands of gold; in the lower one, four fleurs-de-lis set on two pales of the same gold. On the fly side (the free side), the field is red and carries a golden jug.

Field (the cloth): two equal vertical halves.
Flagpole half: blue, divided in two.
Upper part of the flagpole half: three gold bands.
Lower part of the flagpole half: four fleurs-de-lis on two golden pales.
Fly side: red, with a golden jug.

What it carries

Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.

Its history in dates

Every date in its story, at a glance.

2004
Its coat of arms was approved by the Resolution of 20 April 2004
2010
The flag came six years later, by the Resolution of 30 August 2010

The full story

How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.

The flag of Alfara de la Baronia is a field divided into two halves with two different figures: a golden jug on the red field and a divided coat of arms on the blue one. The name of the town —la Baronia— is that of the lordship that governed it.

How it came about

Alfara de la Baronia is a municipality in Vall d’en Bas, in the province of Valencia. Its coat of arms was approved by the Resolution of 20 April 2004, of the conseller de Justícia i Administracions Públiques, published in DOGV number 4,754. The flag came six years later, by the Resolution of 30 August 2010, of the conseller de Solidaritat i Ciutadania, published in DOCV number 6,350.

The jug and the divided shield are two elements of different origin, which the flag places one on each half of the field.

How it has changed

It has never changed. It was approved in 2010 and there are no documented later modifications.

What it means

Red
the fly half, where the golden jug is.
Jug
a clay vessel, the traditional form of the old tricorns.
Blue
the flagpole half, itself divided.
Three gold bands
the upper part of the flagpole half.
Four fleurs-de-lis on two pales
the lower part, the central element of the coat of arms.

Fun facts

A jug in the middle of the field
The red half carries no coat of arms: it carries a golden jug, that is, a vessel. It is one of the very few Valencian flags where a figure from the coat of arms appears directly on the field, with no fields or partitions around it.
Why it says ‘de la Baronia’
The name includes that of the noble lordship that governed the place. It is not a geographical indication: it is a reminder of who the town belonged to before modern public administration.
Two halves, two weights
The fly half carries a single figure —the jug— on a red field. The flagpole half carries a divided shield with gold bands and four fleurs-de-lis. One side is simple and the other dense: the field shares out the weight of the design.