Flag of Begur

The flag of Begur divides the field into four parts: by the flagpole, white on top with the castle and sea blue below; towards the fly side, red on top and yellow below. Between the two fields of the flagpole side passes a double wave.

How it came about

Begur is a municipality in the comarca of the Baix Empordà, in the province of Girona. Its flag was approved on 6 September 1995.

The design sums up the town in two ways: the castle and the sea take up the flagpole half, and the four red bars of the Crown of Aragon —which owned Begur —take up the other half.

How it has changed

It has never changed. It was approved in 1995 and there are no documented later modifications.

What it means

• Upper quarter of the flagpole

  white, with the castle.

• Lower quarter of the flagpole

  sea blue.

• Upper quarter of the fly side

  red.

• Lower quarter of the fly side

  yellow.

• Castle

  black, on the white field, with a height of a third of the field.

• Wave

  a line with two waves separates the white field from the blue.

Fun facts

1. Two halves with two histories

   The flagpole half is the village: castle and sea. The fly half is the lord: the bars of the Crown of Aragon. The flag is split according to who explains the place, not for decorative symmetry.

2. The two fields of the flagpole side are square

   The description says so: the two quarters of the flagpole half are square, not rectangular, and the double wave passes between them. With the field at 2:3, that geometry forces the wave to be the element that separates two equal squares.

3. A line with two waves

   The sea is not represented with lines of water as in other flags: it is represented with a single line carrying two waves. That line separates the castle from the sea and acts as a border between the two halves.

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