Flag of Besalú

Divided into two halves: at the flagpole, a yellow cross on red; on the fly side, vertical bars of red and yellow.

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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: 199510 May 1995 · 31 years ago
Colours: red
yellow
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms: YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
Origin: Q11919971

Take a closer look

Flagpole half
Fly half
Cross
No coat of arms

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 into two vertical halves.

Flagpole half: red, with a patriarchal cross of equal arms.
Fly half: vertical bars, alternating red and yellow, of equal width.
Cross: yellow, at the centre of the flagpole half. It is a patriarchal cross, with the four arms equal and a shorter crossbar above the horizontal one.
No coat of arms: the two figures go directly onto the field.

What it carries

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

The full story

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

The flag of Besalú is a field divided into two vertical halves: red at the flagpole with a yellow cross, and on the right with vertical red and yellow bars.

How it came about

Besalú is a municipality in the province of Girona, in the comarca of the Ripollès. Its flag dates from 10 May 1995.

The cross on the flagpole half is not an ordinary cross: it has a shorter second crossbar above the main one, which is the shape of a patriarchal cross. The fly half carries alternating vertical bars, red and yellow, of equal width.

How it has changed

No earlier versions are documented.

What it means

Flagpole half
red.
Cross
yellow, at the centre of that half. It is a patriarchal cross, with the four arms equal and a shorter crossbar above the horizontal one.
Fly half
vertical bars, alternating red and yellow, of equal width.
No coat of arms
the two figures go directly onto the field.

Fun facts

A cross with a second crossbar
The cross of Besalú has a second, shorter crossbar above the main one. It is what makes it a patriarchal cross rather than an ordinary Latin cross: the added bar is the feature that identifies it.
Cross against bars, two different halves
The flagpole half carries a single figure on a plain ground; the fly half carries a pattern of bars. The flag sets a symbol against a texture, with no element that unites them.
The bars do not reach the flagpole
The bar pattern starts exactly where the red ground ends. The border between the two halves is a straight vertical line, and the bars never cross it.