Vexillological description
Paño de proporción 2:3, de color carmesí, liso, con el escudo de la ciudad en el centro.
- Paño
- carmesí, sin divisiones.
- Escudo
- centrado.
Flag of Madrid
The flag of Madrid is one of the symbols of Madrid.
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
- 196728 April 1967 · 59 years ago
- Colours
- crimson
- Coat of arms
- YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
Take a closer look
The crimson cloth
- 1
The she-bear
- 2
The strawberry tree
- 3
The seven stars
- 4
The crown
How it is described
The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.
Descripción heráldica
De plata, una osa de sable apoyada en un madroño de sinople o natural frutado de gules. Bordura de azur cargada de siete estrellas de seis puntas de plata. Al timbre, corona real abierta.
The colours of the arms
- Plata:
- white
- Sable:
- black
- Sinople:
- green
- Al natural:
- in its real colours
- Gules:
- red
- Azur:
- blue
Blasón oficial (disposición vigente desde 1967), según Wikipedia.
What it carries
Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.
Watch out!
This is the flag of Madrid. Don’t confuse it with the flag of:
- MadridThis one
Community of Madrid ↗
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)
- 3,506,730
- Area
- 604.46 km²
- pop./km²
- 5,801
- Elevation
- 663 m
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Sources
Text based on the article “Bandera de Madrid” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources consulted:
- Bandera de Madrid (Wikipedia en español)
- Reglamento de protocolo del Ayuntamiento de Madrid
- Wikidata
Credits
Flag image: Echando una mano, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0.
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