Flag of Beuda

Green and, crossed in the centre, a cross with curved T-shaped finials (potent), red and outlined in fine gold: the flag of Beuda (Garrotxa, Girona) is the result of a deliberate heraldic pruning.

How it came about

The municipal coat of arms, with its red cross potent outlined in gold, is surrounded by four further pieces: a millstone, two fleurs-de-lis and a golden key. When the town council opened the flag file on 27 March 2008, it asked the usual question: how do you draw a coat of arms on a field without losing it? Beuda’s answer, approved on 14 April 2010, was the most radical: keep the cross, the green ground and nothing else — “the other pieces are discarded to maintain simplicity”, says the file record. Published in the DOGC of 3 May 2010, with the gold border line of 1/52 of the height as the only concession.

How it has changed

With no earlier versions: the first and only official flag of the municipality.

What it means

• Green

  the vert of the coat of arms, the landscape of the Garrotxa.

• Red cross potent

  the main piece of the municipal arms, with its curved “T” finials.

• Gold border line

  the gold outline of that cross, thinned to a thread.

Fun facts

1. Less is flag

   The rule of Beuda explicitly justifies the economy: of the five figures of the coat of arms, the flag keeps only the cross and discards the rest “to maintain simplicity”. A case of design by renunciation.

2. Three colours with a catalogue number

   The official file for the flag fixes its colours with Pantone references: green 375 U, yellow Process Yellow U and red Super Warm Red U — so that the cross never comes out the wrong shade.

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