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Page created: 1st October 2000 Last updated: 14th October 2011
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Map of the Lika and Senj County.

Lika and Senj County - Communities

Ličko-senjska županija - općine

1. Brinje
   • Brinje, 1997 – 1998
2. Donji Lapac
3. Karlobag
   • Karlobag, 1994 – 1995
4. Lovinac
5. Perušić
6. Plitvička jezera
7. Udbina
8. Vrhovine
   • Vrhovine, 2003 – 2010

The regulations on the local flags in Croatia require that a flag of a city or community be of a field of one colour with the coat of arms in the middle or offset towards hoist. Most of the communities follow this rule.
In 1997 the communities of Donji Lapac, Lovinac, Plitvička jezera (Korenica) and Udbina were moved from Zadar and Knin County to Lika and Senj County. The community of Pag was transferred in opposite direction, and given status of a city.

• Lika and Senj County
• Croatia - Counties
• Croatia

Brinje

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The coat of arms is Azure an hawk displayed proper holding a tower argent roofed gules. The flag is light blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle. The tower is representation of the 14th century three-storey Gothic chapel of St. Mary (also recorded as holy Trinity), part of the Sokolac castle around which Brinje was formed. The hawk is canting the name of the castle. Brinje was important medieval fortified city held by Frankopan family.

Brinje, 1997 – 1998

The coat of arms adopted initially was azure two wolves or rampant reguardant holding a tower-chapel argent roofed gules. The flag was light blue with the arms in its centre. The design is reminiscent to the Frankopan family arms (two lions rampant reguardant holding a loaf of bread).

Donji Lapac

Flag unknown.

The coat of arms of Donji Lapac is gules an eagle dispalyed sable armed or and langued of the first. This is based on a seal from 1448.

Until 1997 Donji Lapac was part of the Zadar-Knin County.

Karlobag

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The coat of arms of Karlobag is azure St. Charles Borromeo clead argent with a chasuble gules lined or and a hat sable holding a cross or in his dexter and a monstrance in front of him in his sinister, issuant from a cloud argent. St. Charles Borromeo is the patron saint of Karlobag. The flag is blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the centre of it. The ceremonial flag is a blue gonfalon ending trangularly with the coat of arms in the centre, the name above and rosemary ornaments below.

Karlobag, 1994 – 1995

The coat of arms adopted initialy included also St. Charles slightly differently depicted. There was a bihsop's mitre on his head and he was standing on a white base with black grahical representation of sea waves. The flag was vertically divided into light bluoe and dark blue with the coat of arms in its centre (probably the vertical flag was intended). The ceremonial flag was also light and dark blue, but divided diagonally in a raising diagonal. The coat of arms was in the centre, the inscription SCRISSA (ancient name of Karlobag) above and white wavy ornaments below it. Three golden tassels in the fly.

Lovinac

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The coat of arms of Lovinac is vert a goutte d'eau. Some earlier depcitions shows the variant where the drop is light blue with white "shine". The charge is chosen to represent the wealth of fresh water of which Lovinac in abundant. The flag is white with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre of it.

Until 1997 Lovinac was part of the Zadar-Knin County.

Perušić

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The coat of arms is Azure a lion passant or holding a feather argent. While the feather (Cro. pero) also cants the name, it also refers to the oldest printed book in Croatia considered to have been made in a village of Kosinj in 1448. The flag is light blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle.

Plitvička jezera

Seat of administration: Korenica

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The coat of arms of Plitvička jezera is over the rocks vert pouring from the chief and flanks multiple waterfalls joining in the base where on a mount also vert is standing a brown bear rampant proper. The coat of arms in heraldic form pictures the Plitvice lakes with its numerous waterfalls, the national park forming a greater part of the community. The bears are native of the region and also represent the protection of nature. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle. There is also a ceremonial flag.

Until 1997 the community was administratively part of the Zadar-Knin County, bearing name Titova Korenica.

Udbina

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The coat of arms of Udbina is or a phoenix azure issuing from flames. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered white in its centre. There is also a ceremonial flag, details unknown.

Until 1997 the community was administratively part of the Zadar-Knin County.

Vrhovine

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The coat of arms of Vrhovine is azure between two pine trees vert trunked argent on a pile inverted argent a pine tree vert trunked sable and in chief a hellebore flower argent. The pile cants the community name (vrh meaning peak, summit), and the trees and flowers represent evergreen local flora of highlands of central Croatia, the hellebore (Christmas rose, Cro. kukurijek božićnjak, Lat. Helleborus niger) representing resistance to harsh conditions, keeping it white petails often long into the winter. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in its centre. The ceremonial flag is light blue gonfalon with three triangularly ending tails with golden tassels, all bordered golden, with the coat of arms in its centre, the name of the community above and branches of oak and fir below. The table flag is prescribed as well, a vertical version of the flag sized 20×10 cm with the inscription VRHOVINE along the bottom.

Vrhovine, 2003 – 2010

The coat of arms of Vrhovine adopted in 2003 is per pale gules a squirrel or and of the second a headgear from Lika gules trimmed and with five fringes sable, in base overall a mount vert. A ribbon in the base bears the name of the community.
The flag is vertical, red with the coat of arms in the middle. The flag edges are yellow. The table flag is equal with additional yellow inscription VRHOVINE in the lower part. It is prescribed also a "car and souvenir flag" of irregular shape 8x15 cm diagonally divided into red field with the squirrel and yellow field diagonally inscribed VRHOVINE. There is also a ceremonial flag that is basically a banner of arms.
All these symbols were not approved by the central authorities and the community eventually adopted a new set of symbols in 2010.

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