Flag of Bassella

The flag of Bassella is a light green field with a wavy white Y, a yellow castle with green doors and windows against the flagpole, and two ponds of white and blue stripes towards the fly side.

How it came about

Bassella is a municipality in the comarca of the Pallars Sobirà, in the province of Lleida. Its flag was approved on 27 February 2007.

The white Y represents a watercourse that forks. The castle recalls that the village was formerly called Castellnou de Bassella. The two ponds complete the local fauna.

How it has changed

It has never changed. It was approved in 2007 and there are no documented later modifications.

What it means

• Light green

  the background of the field, a single colour.

• White Y

  a wavy line in the shape of a lying Y. Its two arms touch the corners of the flagpole and the trunk runs towards the fly side.

• Castle

  yellow, with green doors and windows, at the vertical centre and against the flagpole.

• Ponds

  two panels of white and blue stripes, one above and one below, near the fly side.

Fun facts

1. A lying Y that starts at the corners

   The white Y has its two arms touching the corners of the flagpole and the trunk running towards the free side. By lying it down, the letter becomes a watercourse that splits as it enters and joins as it leaves. The shape of the letter is the river.

2. The castle with green doors and windows

   The castle is yellow, but its doors and windows are green, the colour of the ground. It is the same technique of the voided design: the openings are drawn in the colour of the field so that they read as gaps.

3. Two ponds with stripes, not lines of water

   The ponds are not waves like the Y: they are two panels of white and blue stripes. The flag uses two different ways of representing water, which is why the ponds are told apart from the Y at a glance.

Location