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Flag of Castelló

municipal flag of Villanueva de Castellón (Valencia, Spain)

Flag of Castelló
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
199228 October 1992 · 34 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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Take a closer look

  1. The nine stripes

  2. 1

    The crown

  3. 2

    The inescutcheon

  4. 3

    The tower

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Paño de proporción 2:3, de oro (amarillo) con cuatro franjas de gules (rojo) y el escudo municipal en el centro, cubriendo las dos franjas centrales.

Franjas
cuatro de gules sobre campo de oro, alternas: en total nueve franjas horizontales, cinco amarillas y cuatro rojas.
Escudo
centrado, cubriendo las dos franjas centrales, perpendicular a ellas; timbrado de corona.

Descripción heráldica

Escudo ibérico de boca redonda. En campo de gules, una torre de oro, mazonada de sable (negro) y abierta de gules; en el jefe, un escusón caironado con las armas reales de Valencia (en campo de oro, cuatro palos de gules). Timbre: corona real abierta.

The colours of the arms

Gules:
red
Oro:
yellow
Sable:
black

Blasón oficial (DOGV n.º 1.907, 19-11-1992).

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.

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Test what you have read about the flag of Castelló.

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

  2. 2. In heraldry, what colour is “Sable”?

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

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

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Credits

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

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