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Flag of Castañeda

The flag of Castañeda is one of the symbols of the Spanish municipality of Castañeda in Cantabria, alongside its coat of arms.

Flag of Castañeda
Coat of arms
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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
199716 May 1997 · 29 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.
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  1. The red field

  2. 1

    The yellow cross

  3. 2

    The four red rectangles

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Paño de proporción 2:3, de gules (rojo), con una cruz de oro (amarillo) de brazos que llegan a los cuatro bordes, desplazada hacia el asta.

Paño
de gules.
Cruz
de oro, de borde a borde, con una anchura de 1/5 de la altura del paño; el brazo vertical queda más cerca del asta que del batiente, como en las cruces escandinavas.

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.

How it came about

How it has changed

What it means

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Test what you have read about the flag of Castañeda.

  1. 1. Which one is the flag of Castañeda?

  2. 2. Which of these elements appears on the flag?

  3. 3. What are the proportions (height:width) of the flag?

  4. 4. In which year was the current flag adopted?

Sources

Text based on the article “Bandera de Castañeda (Cantabria)” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Credits

Flag image: Nethunter, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.

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