Pirovac (Municipality, Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia)

Last modified: 2011-08-20 by ivan sache
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Flag of Pirovac - Image by Željko Heimer, 20 August 2006

• Presentation of Pirovac
• Flag of Pirovac
• Coat of arms of Pirovac
• Ceremonial flag of Pirovac

See also:

• Croatia
• Šibenik-Knin County (Croatia)
• Croatia: Local flags

Presentation of Pirovac

Pirovac was formed in 1997 by secession from the municipality of Tisno.

Željko Heimer, 20 August 2006

Flag of Pirovac

The symbols of Pirovac are prescribed by Statutory Decision Statutarna odluka o uporabi grbu i zastavi Općine Pirovac, adopted on 10 November 2003 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 15 December 2003 in the County official gazette Službeni vjesnik Šibensko-kninske županije, No. 11 (with drawings of the symbols).
The companion Decision Odluka o mjerilima za odobravanje uporabe grba i zastave Općine Pirovac, adopted on 10 November 2003 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 15 December 2003 in Službeni vjesnik Šibensko-kninske županije, No. 11, determines the rules and procedures of the grant of use of the coat of arms and the flag.
The symbols were approved by the Ministry of Justice, Administration and Local Self-Government on 25 September 2003.

The flag is in proportions 1:2, blue with the coat of arms, bordered yellow, in the middle.

Željko Heimer, 20 August 2006

Coat of arms of Pirovac

Coat of arms of Pirovac - Image by Željko Heimer, 20 August 2006

The coat of arms is "Azure St. George holding a sword and a shield stantant in a gate argent".
St. George is the patron saint of the town; the gate is the one still preserved in the town walls.
The arms originally adopted in the 1990s included also a green dragon beneath the gate, but this was refused by the Ministry of Administration.

Željko Heimer, 20 August 2006

Ceremonial flag of Pirovac

Coat of arms of Pirovac - Image by Željko Heimer, 20 August 2006

The ceremonial flag (not mentioned in the Decision) is a blue gonfalon bordered yellow with three triangulary ending tails and a yellow fringe along the bottom. In the middle is the yellow bordered coat of arms, topped with the arched inscription of the name of the municipality and the tails are ornamented with an olive, a grapevine and a fig branches, respectively.

Željko Heimer, 20 August 2006