Flag of Bàscara

The flag of Bàscara is a field divided diagonally: the yellow triangle takes up the upper corner of the flagpole and the dark blue one the lower corner of the fly side. Two stripes parallel to the diagonal —red and white —cross it.

How it came about

Bàscara is a municipality in the comarca of the Ripollès, in the province of Girona. Its flag is from 2010, dated 14 April.

The design translates the coat of arms of the municipality, which brings together the castle by the River Fluvià and the references to the bishops of Girona. The flag draws neither of them: it turns them into colours and lines.

How it has changed

It has never changed. It is from 2010 and there are no documented later modifications.

What it means

• Yellow triangle

  the upper corner of the flagpole.

• Dark blue triangle

  the lower corner of the fly side.

• Bend

  a diagonal line that cuts the field from side to side.

• Two stripes

  parallel to the diagonal, the red on top and the white below. Each measures 1/18 of the length of the field.

• No coat of arms

  only the four colours.

Fun facts

1. The stripes follow the division

   The two stripes are parallel to the diagonal bend, not horizontal. It is the key difference of the design: instead of crossing a striped ground, the diagonal is reinforced by two lines that accompany it. The whole flag reads as a diagonal movement.

2. A coat of arms with two histories

   The coat of arms of Bàscara brings together the castle by the Fluvià and the references to the bishops of Girona: two layers of different power. The flag keeps neither: it keeps only the colours, and with them the idea of the whole without its detail.

3. An eighteenth of the length

   Each stripe measures 1/18 of the length of the field. It is a small fraction, and it is written that way so the flag cannot be built in two different ways when it is reproduced.

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