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Flag of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

Bandera municipal de L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona).

Flag of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
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.
Colours
  • Yellow
  • Red
  • White
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.

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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, partido en dos mitades iguales.

Mitad del asta
de plata (blanco), con un aspa de gules (rojo) de esquina a esquina.
Mitad del batiente
nueve franjas horizontales, cinco de oro (amarillo) y cuatro de gules, empezando y acabando en oro.
Escudo
no lleva; el paño reproduce los dos campos de las armas.

Descripción heráldica

Escudo caironado y truncado (cortado): 1.º de plata (blanco), un sotuer (aspa) o cruz de Santa Eulalia llena, de gules (rojo); 2.º de oro (amarillo), cuatro palos de gules. Timbre: corona mural de ciudad.

The colours of the arms

Plata:
white
Gules:
red
Oro:
yellow

Blasón oficial (concedido el 02-09-1986, 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.

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 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat.

  1. 1. Which one is the flag of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat?

  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?

Sources

Sources consulted:

  • Wikidata (Q11908019)
  • Heraldry of the World (blasón oficial)

Credits

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

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