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Flag of Girona

Enseña de la ciudad catalana de Girona.

Flag of Girona
Coat of arms
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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
20132013 · 13 years ago
Colours
  • yellow
  • red
  • white
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
Origin
Escudo de Gerona

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The colours it is made of.

  • yellow

  • red

  • white

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Paño de proporción 2:3, de nueve franjas horizontales de oro (amarillo) y gules (rojo) alternas, con el escudo de la ciudad centrado.

Franjas
nueve, de igual altura: de oro la primera y la última, alternando con gules.
Escudo
centrado, de tamaño grande y sin corona; cubre las franjas centrales.

Descripción heráldica

Escudo caironado: de oro (amarillo), cuatro palos de gules (rojo); el escusón cuadrilongo ibérico veirado de ondas de plata y de gules. Por timbre, corona de príncipe.

The colours of the arms

Oro:
yellow
Gules:
red
Plata:
white

Blasón oficial (armas concedidas el 17-07-1996, según Heraldry of the World).

What it carries

Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.

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How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.

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

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

  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: Cameta, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0.

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