Flag of Baix Pallars

The flag of Baix Pallars (Pallars Sobirà, Lleida) is a field divided into four triangles of colour —light blue, orange, green and red— crossed by a white saltire. It is a barely newborn flag with a very concrete meaning: each colour is one of the villages of the municipality.

How it came about

The Baix Pallars town council commissioned the vexillologist Marc A. Balanza with a flag proposal, which he presented in January 2022. The municipal plenum approved it on 14 July 2022, the Generalitat (Departament de la Presidència) gave it the all-clear on 12 April 2023, and it was published in DOGC number 8897 on 18 April 2023.

The flag comes from the municipal coat of arms, but simplified: it keeps only the colours of its fields and removes all the figures, leaving just the white saltire.

How it has changed

There are no earlier versions: it is a flag inaugurated in 2023 and it has not changed.

What it means

• Light blue (upper triangle)

  represents Gerri de la Sal.

• Orange (by the mast)

  represents Peramea.

• Dark green (by the outer edge)

  represents Baén.

• Red (lower triangle)

  represents Montcortès.

• White saltire

  the X-shaped cross recalling the saltire of the municipal coat of arms.

Fun facts

1. Four colours, four villages

   They are not random colours: each triangle of the flag represents one of the four localities that make up the municipality of Baix Pallars.

2. A flag made to order

   The town council expressly asked a flag specialist for a new design, and it took almost two years to reach the DOGC.

3. A saltire that only separates

   The white saltire does not represent anything: its job is to keep the four colours apart without mixing them. Crossing the field diagonally, from corner to corner, it leaves the four triangles exactly equal.

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