Vexillological description
Paño carmesí liso, de proporción 2:3, con el escudo de la ciudad en el centro.
- Paño
- carmesí (rojo oscuro), de un solo color.
- Escudo
- centrado, con su laurel y su corona, de algo menos de la mitad de la altura del paño.
Flag of Valladolid
The flag of Valladolid is carmine with the arms of Valladolid placed in the centre.
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
- 193917 of July de 1939 · 87 years ago
- Colours
- Maroon
- Red
- Yellow
- Green
- Coat of arms
- YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
Take a closer look
The crimson cloth
- 1
The city coat of arms
- 2
The crown
How it is described
The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.
Descripción heráldica
En campo de gules (rojo), cinco girones ondulados de oro (amarillo) nacientes del diestro. Bordura cosida de gules (rojo) con ocho castillos de oro (amarillo). El escudo puesto sobre una cruz puntada de plata (blanco) y sable (negro) y orlado de laurel.
The colours of the arms
- Gules:
- red
- Oro:
- yellow
- Plata:
- white
- Sable:
- black
Blasón descrito a partir de Heraldry of the World. No se ha localizado una disposición oficial, así que la transcripción es aproximada.
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)
- 302,614
- Area
- 197.91 km²
- pop./km²
- 1,529
- Elevation
- 701 m
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Sources
Text based on the article “Bandera de Valladolid” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources consulted:
- Bandera de Valladolid (Wikipedia en español)
- Diario de Valladolid, 22-04-2017
- Heraldry of the World
- Wikidata
Credits
Flag image: Chabacano. Castles: Drini, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0.
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