Vexillological description
Paño de proporción 2:3, de sinople (verde), liso, cargado con el escudo del concejo desplazado hacia el asta.
- Paño
- de sinople (verde, Pantone 355), liso.
- Escudo
- coronado, separado del asta y centrado en altura.
Flag of Castrillón
The flag of Castrillón (Asturias) is rectangular, with a ratio of 2:3, in green (Pantone 355), with the coat of arms of the concejo placed at a distance from the hoist (the pole) of half the width of the flag, and occupying 2/3 of the width.
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
- 200020 November 2000 · 26 years ago
- Colours
- green
- Coat of arms
- YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
Take a closer look
The green cloth
- 1
The royal crown
- 2
The cross
- 3
The tower
- 4
The ship
How it is described
The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.
Descripción heráldica
Partido.
- 1.º
- de azur (azul), una torre de piedra donjonada y almenada de oro, mazonada de sable (negro), terrasada de rocas de sinople (verde) y surmontada de una cruz de oro y piedras preciosas con las letras alfa y omega pendientes de sus brazos.
- 2.º
- de gules (rojo), una nave guerrera de oro entrando en puerto, con las velas desplegadas de plata y una cruz de gules en el palo mayor; la proa armada de una sierra con la que rompe una cadena de sable, unida por sus extremos a dos torres de oro sobre peñascos bañados por ondas de azur y plata.
Timbrado con corona real de España.
Blasón no oficial. El concejo no lo ha adoptado oficialmente.
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
Fun facts
Location
Municipality facts
How many people live there, how big it is and what borders it.
- Population (2025)
- 21,998
- Area
- 55.46 km²
- pop./km²
- 397
- Elevation
- 434 m
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Sources
Text based on the article “Bandera de Castrillón” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources consulted:
- Wikipedia en español: Bandera de Castrillón
- Flags of the World (FOTW)
- Heraldry of the World
- Vivir Asturias
- Wikidata
Credits
Flag image: Autor desconocido, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.
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