Vir (Municipality, Zadar County, Croatia)

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Flag of Vir - Image by Željko Heimer, 23 October 2007

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

See also:

• Croatia
• Zadar County (Croatia)
• Croatia: Local flags

Presentation of Vir

Vir is located on an island of the same name in the north-west end of the County, connected with the mainland with a bridge. It has less than 1,000 inhabitants, but in summer this number rises drastically when tourists overwhelm the coast.

Željko Heimer, 17 July 2004

Flag of Vir

The symbols of Vir are described in the Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Vir, adopted on 4 February 2006 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 7 April 2006 in the County official gazette Službeni glasnik Zadarske županije, No. 6.

The symbols were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. company, from Rijeka.

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

Željko Heimer, 23 October 2007

Coat of arms of Vir

Coat of arms of Vir - Image by Željko Heimer, 23 October 2007

The coat of arms is "Azure a head of St. John the Baptist argent on a plate or".
The Statutes claims that this is the historical coat of arms of Vir (which I seriously doubt). The saint, locally known as Sveti Ivan Glavosjek, is the patron saint of Vir. The arms of Tounj uses the same charge.

Željko Heimer & Ivan Grbac, 18 August 2006

Ceremonial flag of Vir

Ceremonial flag of Vir - Image by Željko Heimer, 23 October 2007

The ceremonial flag is a dark blue gonfalon ending triangulary with a golden fringe, the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle, the name of the municipality in two arches above and vine branches below.

Željko Heimer, 16 October 2003