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Flag of Cabezón de la Sal

The flag of Cabezón de la Sal is one of the symbols of the Spanish municipality of Cabezón de la Sal (Cantabria), alongside its coat of arms.

Flag of Cabezón de la Sal
Coat of arms

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
19903 August 1990 · 36 years ago
Colours
  • green
  • white
  • red
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
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  1. The two stripes

  2. 1

    The red triangle

  3. 2

    The royal crown

  4. 3

    The municipal coat of arms

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Paño de proporción 2:3, con un triángulo de gules (rojo) junto al asta y, en el resto, dos franjas horizontales, de sinople (verde) arriba y de plata (blanco) (blanco terroso) abajo, con el escudo sobre ambas.

Triángulo
de gules, con la base en el asta.
Franja superior
de sinople.
Franja inferior
de plata, en un blanco terroso que alude a la sal.
Escudo
a media altura de las franjas de sinople y plata, desplazado del centro hacia el asta, con corona real.

Descripción heráldica

De gules, una montaña de oro (amarillo), sumada de torre donjonada, almenada, mazonada de sable (negro) y aclarada de azur (azul), acompañada de dos estrellas de oro. Al timbre, corona real.

The colours of the arms

Gules:
red
Oro:
yellow
Sable:
black
Azur:
blue

Blasón según Heraldry of the World; no se ha localizado la norma.

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Sources

Text based on the article “Bandera de Cabezón de la Sal” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

Credits

Flag image: Musgosos, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0.

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