Vexillological description
Paño de proporción 2:3, de púrpura (morado), liso, con el escudo de la ciudad centrado.
- Paño
- de púrpura (morado), sin franjas ni bordura.
- Escudo
- centrado, con corona real y rodeado de una cinta con el lema.
Flag of Jaén
The flag of Jaén is the standard of the Spanish city of Jaén, and it is indigo in colour.
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
- 12471247 · 779 years ago
- Colours
- Purple
- Red
- Yellow
- Coat of arms
- YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
Take a closer look
The purple cloth
- 1
The coat of arms
- 2
The crown
- 3
The ribbon with the motto
How it is described
The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.
Descripción heráldica
Cuartelado: primero y cuarto, de oro; segundo y tercero, de gules. Bordura de catorce compones: siete de gules, con un castillo de oro almenado de tres almenas, mazonado de sable y aclarado de gules, alternados con siete de plata, con un león rampante de púrpura, linguado de gules, uñado y coronado de oro. Al timbre, corona real cerrada, forrada de gules. Lema, en cinta: «MUY NOBLE Y MUY LEAL CIUDAD DE JAÉN GUARDA Y DEFENDIMIENTO DE LOS REYNOS DE CASTILLA».
The colours of the arms
- Oro:
- yellow
- Gules:
- red
- Sable:
- black
- Plata:
- white
- Púrpura:
- purple
Blasón oficial (Decreto 2729/1964, BOE n.º 218, 10-09-1964), según Wikipedia y FOTW.
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
Localisation
Municipality facts
How many people live there, how big it is and what borders it.
- Population (2025)
- 112,235
- Area
- 424.3 km²
- pop./km²
- 265
- Elevation
- 573 m
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Sources
Text based on the article “Bandera de Jaén” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources consulted:
- Wikipedia (es): Bandera de Jaén
- Decreto 2729/1964, BOE n.º 218 (10-09-1964): blasón oficial del escudo
- Wikidata
Credits
Flag image: User:Juancharlie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5.
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