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Page created: 1st October 2000 Last updated: 24th November 2011
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Map of the Split and Dalmatia County. Legend: BV = Basška Voda, DR = Dugi Rat, Du. = Dugopolje, Le. = Lećevica, Lo. = Lokvičići, Ma. = Makarska, Ne. = Nerežišća, PD = Primorski Dolac, Po. = Podbablje, Pr. = Positra, Ps. Podstrana, Pu. = Pučišća, So. Solin, Su. = Supetar, Še. = Šestanovac, Tr. = Trogir, Tu. Tučepi, Za. = Zadvarje

Split and Dalmatia County - Communities

Splitsko-dalmatinska županija - općine

1. Baška Voda
2. Bol
3. Brela
   • Donja Brela, 1993 – 1997
4. Cista Provo
5. Dicmo
6. Dugi Rat
   • Dugi Rat, 1996
7. Dugopolje
8. Gradac
9. Hrvace
10. Jelsa
11. Klis
12. Lećevica
    • Kaštelska Zagora, 1993 – 1997
13. Lokvičići
14. Lovreć
    • Lovreć, 2004 – 2007
15. Marina
16. Milna
17. Muć
18. Nerežišća
19. Okrug
20. Otok
21. Podbablje
22. Podgora
23. Podstrana
24. Postira
25. Prgomet
26. Primorski Dolac
27. Proložac
    • Donji Proložac, 1993 – 1997
28. Pučišća
29. Runovići
30. Seget
31. Selca
32. Sućuraj
33. Sutivan
34. Šestanovac
35. Šolta
36. Tučepi
37. Zadvarje
38. Zagvozd
39. Zmijavci
    • Zmijava-Runović, 1993 – 1997

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 1994 the community of Donja Brela was renamed to Brela, and in 1997 the communities of Kaštelska Zagora, Donji Proložac and Zmijava-Runović to Lećevica, Proložac and Zmijavci respectivly. The communities of Dugopolje, Lokvičići, Okrug, Progomet, Primorski Dolac, Runovići, Sutivan, Tučepi and Zadvarje were formed in the same time.

• Split and Dalmatia County
• Croatia - Counties
• Croatia

Baška Voda

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The coat of arms of Baška Voda is azure a sail-boat or with a single sail argent and a masthead pennant gules. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre of it.

Bol

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The coat of arms of Bol is azure on a base vert a lion stantant looking to sinister or and in chief an arm embowed to sinister proper clad or holding a laurel branch vert. The flag is dark blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle. This is the historical coat of arms granted on 8 October 1888, originally the base was described brown, the colour of the lion's eyes was given as green, while the hand was clead in red trimmed brown sleeve and holding an olive branch, even though the drawing was much the same. At the begining of the 20th century, Bol was using a red-white-blue tricolour flag with that coat of arms in the middle.

Brela

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The coat of arms of Brela is azure two trees vert trunked proper issuant from a single rock argent. The coat of arms depicts the, so called, Brela Rock that is raising in the sea infront of the town. The flag is blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle. The ceremonial flag (to be confirmed) is blue gonfalon with the coat of arms in the middle, the name of the community above and two pine branches below.

Until 1994 the community was named Donja Brela.

Cista Provo

The coat of arms of Cista Provo is gules two keys or and argent in saltire their bows in cheif. The coat of arms is was considere unofficial in 2007, but is included in the 2009 Statutes. It refers to St. Peter, the patron saint of Cista Provo. The flag is blue with the coat of arms set in the canton.

Dicmo

Seat of administration: Kraj

The coat of arms of Dicmo seems to be azure a church or within a border of the same. The flag seems to be blue with the coat of arms in the centre of it. The Church of St. Jacob in Dicmo is depicted. This information is not confirmed yet.

Dugi Rat

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The coat of arms of Dugi Rat is gules a mast or issuant with a single sail argent and a pennant azure. The flag is blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle (the statutes perpetuate the original typo describing the border of the coat of arms in the flag as green). It represents the sail of a bracera - a traditional type of a sail boat used in Eatsern Adriatic, with a single mast with a Latin sail on a crossbar. A bracera may also be propelled by rowing.

Dugi Rat, 1996

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The coat of arms of Dugi Rat adopted in 1996. was divided per fess with two golden wavy lines, in chief argent St. George on a horse and in base azure a bracera. The flag adopted then was white with that coat of arms in the canton. It was to symbolize the sea (wavy lines), the Poljica (Poglizza) Republic (St. George) and the coastal Lower Poljica (the bracera.

Dugopolje

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The coat of arms of Dugopolje is azure a mountain argent with three tops issuant from base and in chief a down-pointing sword argent hilted or and in front of it scales also or. The mountain represents the Mosor mountain under which the community lays, while the sword and scales are symbols of St. Michael, the patron of the community. The flag is deep blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle. The blue colour of the flag is chosen due to the blue folk costume from Dugopolje worn by females called modrina. The Ministry of Justice, Administration and Local Self-Government approved the use of the coat of arms and the flag.

The community of Dugopolje was formed in 1997 seceding from the community of Klis.

Hrvace

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The coat of arms of Hrvace is azure a bird holding a vine branch with a bunch of grapes and a leaf standing on a peka dish all or. The peka is a kind of a cutlery ironware used for preparing food set under it and then covered with inflamed cinder, being traditional culinary method in the region. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered golden in the centre of it.

Jelsa

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The coat of arms of Jelsa is argent a tower azure topped with a pennant or in front of the city walls and a church tower all azure. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the middle. The ceremonial form of the coat of arms include the name of the community in blue letters above and wreath of green vine and olive branches below.

Lokvičići

Flag unknown.

The coat of arms of Lokvičići is argent an eagle displayed gules beaked, armed and membered or and in the base three puddles azure, two over one. The puddles (Croatian lokve) are canting.

Until 1997 the area of Lokvičići was an exclave (territory that is physically separated from the main part of the territory) of the city of Imotski, when it was seceeded and with part of the former community of Donji Proložac (today Proložac) it was established as a separate community.

Lovreć

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The coat of arms of Lovreć is gules a winter savory plant or with seven pairs of flowers (1:3:2:1). This is heraldically correct form of the arms adopted in 2004. The winter savory (Saturea Illirica, also s. montana, Croatian: vrijesak, locally vrisak), also known in English as russian tea and bean herb is a plant growing abundantly in the region and is famed for its medical characteristics. The flag is white with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre.
The ceremonial flag is also produced, a pale yellow gonfalon ending trianguarly, bordered golden and with golden fringe along the bottom, with the coat of arms bordered golden in the centre, the name of the community above inscribed golden in two rows, the top one being arched, and with green branches of olive and vine in the base.

Lovreć, 2004 – 2007

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The coat of arms of Lovreć adopted initially was gules a heater branch proper in bend and on a ribbon argent in the base name of the community sable. The flag was vertical with the coat of arms bordered white in the middle.

Marina

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The coat of arms of Marina is azure a tower argent roofed gules issueing from three barrulets wavy of the second. It pictures a most notable watchtower at the entrance to the port of Marina. The flag is light blue with the golden bordered coat of arms in the middle. The ceremonial flag is a light blue gonfalon ending triangularly with golden fringe, above the coat of arms in the middle is yellow inscription of the name of community in two arches, and below green branches of olive and vine with golden bunches of grapes.

Okrug

Seat of administration: Okrug Gornji

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The coat of arms of Okrug is azure a seahorse gules and in cheif with two pyrethrum flowers argent seeded or. The pyrethrum (Lat. Tanacetum cinerarifolium), also known as Dalmatian chrysanthemum or big daisy, is a natural source of insecticide and is industrially exploited nowadays. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre of it. The ceremonial flag is pale yellow gonfalon ending triangularly with yellow fringe, with the coat of arms in the centre of it, the name of the communiy above and olive and vine branches below. A table flag in similar form but with blue background and yellow ornaments is also used.

The community of Okrug was formed in 1997 by secession from the city of Trogir.

Otok

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The coat of arms of Otok is gules a winged ox holding a book argent and in the base a disk or enigned with five concentric rings and a cross in the middle. Under the shield is a blue ribbon inscribed with the name of the community. The flag is white with the coat of arms inthe middle. The winged ox is attribute of St. Luke, the patron of Otok. The circlet at the base is the "celestial star", a stone plutey, the only remain from the old Croatian church in Gala near Otok. Today the circles are interpreted to stand for the five villages in the community and their unity in religion. The blue colour of the ribbon is standing for the river Cetina and its tributaries. The flag is supposed to be bordered with golden ancient wattle as was on a plutey from the church in Udovičić. The status of the symbols is unknown, and they probably shall have to be amended to receive the approval from the central authorities.

Podstrana

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The coat of arms of Podstrana is azure a fluer de lis argent gorged with a crown or. The crown is of the early Croatian style and presumably should represent duke Mislav (around 835-845). In 839 Mislav signed a peace treaty with Venice in Podstrana, after an unsucessful attack by Venetians to the Eastern Adriatic coast. It is recogned that Mislav owned lands in Podstrana. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre. The ceremonial flag is, unexpectedly, dark red gonfalon with the coat of arms in the middle, yellow name of the community in two arches above and branches ornament below it.

Postira

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The coat of arms of Postira is azure on a wavy barruly base azure and argent a two-mast sail ship maroon with sails or infront of a fortified city argent on a high rock vert issunat from sinister. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre of it. Images adapted from the source.

Proložac

Seat of administration: Donji Proložac

Flag unknown.

The community of Proložac uses coat of arms depicting in blue shield a white massoned bridge infront of city ruins in sinister and a rock in dexter. The coat of arms is probably not official.

Until 1997 the name of the community was Donji Proložac.

Pučišća

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The coat of arms of Pučišća on the island of Brač is: gules thirteen towers argent massoned sable, three, two, three, two and three. The flag is white with the coat of arms in the centre of it bordered yellow (previous reports of the yellow flag seems to have been errorneous). The ceremonial flag is pale yellow gonfalon with three rectangular tails and fringe along the bottom edges, with the coat of arms in the middle, the name of the community in two arches above it and motto in a arch below it. In the tails there are ornaments of vine, olive and oak branches. The motto could be translated as "Drop by drop wears away the stone."

Runovići

Flag unknown.

The coat of arms of Runovići is gules a cross pattee argent between a wreath of a vine and a maize branch vert fructed or.

The community of Runovići was formed in 1997 seceding from the community of Zmijava-Runović.

Selca

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The coat of arms of Selce is azure a hoe and a hammer both or in saltire infront of an anchor argent. The anchor is a clear reference to the maritime traditions, the hoe to the agriculture that was main source of living in the island while the hammer represents the stone-mason's hammers - namely, Brač is the source of the most valued white stone, that is traditionally mined in the island even since the pre-Roman times.
The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle. The ceremonial flag is a blue gonfalon ending triangularly with godlen fringe with the golden brodered coat of arms in the middle, inscribed name of the community above and the branches of olive and vine below.
The original 2004 decision describes the handles (hafts) of the hoe and hammer as silver (white), and this was changed with the 2005 correction to golden (yellow). It is not clear weather this was actually intended design subsequently changed, or if it is a genuine misprint of the decision text.

Sućuraj

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The coat of arms of Sućuraj azure a knight on a horse (St. George) piercing a dragon all or. The flag is blue with a golden-yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle. There is also a gonfalon adopted for a ceremonial flag. Even if there are already numerous communities and cities in Croatia picturing in they arms St. George, the community of Sućuraj gained the approval of this designs first of all because in it archives it is preserved a dry seal with the saint's image dating from the time of the Napoleonic rule in Sućuraj.

Sutivan

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The coat of arms of Sutivan pictures two saints, the name sake of the town St. John and her patron St. Roch: Azure, in dexter St. John Baptist stantant haloed or haired and barbed maroon clad in camel fur gules with his dexter hand raised and holding in his sinister a staff or with a pennant argent hoisted from a crossbar, in sinister St. Roch stantant haloed or haired and barbed maroon clad as Roman warrior gules with a cloak of the same and with boots or holding in his dexter a staff or and by his sinister pointing to a wound on his leg. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle. The ceremonial flag is a dark blue triangularly ending yellow bordered and long the bottom fringed gonfalon with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle, the yellow name of the community in two arches above and with yellow branches of fig and olive tree and a bunch of grapes below.
The community of Sutivan was first established in 1823 and integrated in the larger community of Brač only in 1944. In that period it used a seal that already included the pictures of the two saints in a similar disposition as in the modern coat of arms.

The community of Sutivan on the Brač island was formed in 1997 seceding from the community of Milna.

Šestanovac

Flag unknown.

The coat of arms of Šestanovac is azure between a chapterhouse with a bell issunat from two wavy barrulets a saltire all argent on gray. The emblem is probably not approved.

Tučepi

Flag unknown.

The coat of arms of Tučepi is azure a chapel argent and in base a bar wavy also argent.

The community of Tučepi was formed in 1997 seceding from the city of Makarska.

Zadvarje

Flag unknown.

The emblem of Zadvarje depicts white mountains above the sea represented with uneven blue and white horizontal lines, a stream is pouring between the mountains into the valley and atop is a yellow tower all between two black trapezoid flanks. The mountains represented are Mosor and Biokovo, the stream is Gubavica and the fort is medieval fortres of Duare (meaning "gates", guarding the pass from the inlands between the mountains toward the sea). The modern name of the community might be translated as "behind the gates" and the black flanks presumably additionally cants that.

The community of Zadvarje was formed in 1997 seceding from the Community of Šestanovac.

Zmijavci

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The coat of arms of Zmijavci is azure a dove stantant argent and in cheif sinister a Latin cross of the same. This is apparently a reproduction of a motive from a relief from 6th century. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms in the middle. There is also a ceremonial flag as a light blue gonfalon with the coat of arms in the middle, the name of the community in two arches above and vine ornaments below.

Until 1997 the community was named Zmijava-Runović (or Zmijavci-Runović according to other source).

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