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Flag of Zarra

Municipal flag of Zarra (Valencian Country, Spain)

Flag of Zarra
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.
Adopted
19938 of February de 1993 · 33 years ago
Colours
  • azure
  • sable
  • gold
  • gules
  • argent
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
12

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  1. The two halves

  2. 1

    The blue castle

  3. 2

    The five scallop shells

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Bandera de proporción 2:3, partida en dos mitades verticales, amarilla junto al asta y roja en el batiente, que reproduce el escudo municipal.

Mitad amarilla
con un castillo azul de piedra, centrado, con puerta en arco, una torre central de dos ventanas y remates en punta.
Mitad roja
con cinco veneras blancas (conchas de peregrino) en cruz: una arriba, tres en medio y una abajo.

Descripción heráldica

Partido. 1.º, en campo de oro (amarillo), un castillo de azur (azul), mazonado y aclarado de sable (negro); 2.º, en campo de gules (rojo), cinco veneras de plata (blanco) colocadas en cruz. En el timbre, una corona real abierta.

The colours of the arms

Oro:
yellow
Azur:
blue
Sable:
black
Gules:
red
Plata:
white

Descripción heráldica no oficial, recogida en 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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Test what you have read about the flag of Zarra.

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

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

  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: Macondo, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0.

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