Zadar County (Croatia)

Zadarska županija

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Flag of Zadar County - Image by Željko Heimer, 8 January 1999

• Presentation of Zadar County
• Flag of Zadar County
• Coat of arms of Zadar County
• Ceremonial flag of Zadar County
• Subdivisions of Zadar County
  • Towns

    Benkovac Biograd na moru Nin Obrovac Pag Zadar (County seat)

  • Municipalities:

    Bibinje Galovac Gračac Jasenice Kali Kolan Kukljica

    Lišane Ostrovičke Novigrad Pakoštane Pašman Polača Poličnik Posedarje

    Povljana Preko Privlaka Ražanac Sali Stankovci Starigrad

    Sukošan Sveti Filip i Jakov Škabrnje Tkon Vir Vrsi Zemunik Donji

See also:

• Croatia
• Croatia: Local flags

Presentation of Zadar County

Zadar County, situated in northern Dalmatia, was made by the partial territorial reorganization of Croatia on 1 January 1997, from the former Zadar-Knin County (Zadarsko-kninska županija), by excluding from it some parts that more naturally belong to Šibenik surroundings. The former County did not adopt either a flag or a coat of arms.

Željko Heimer, 8 January 1999

Flag of Zadar County

The symbols of Zadar County were adopted on 18 June 1998 by the County Assembly, following a public contest. The designer is Bojan Livaković, an architect from Zagreb, who kindly provided the information reported on this page.
The symbols are prescribed in the County Statutes Statut Zadarske županije, adopted on 15 March 2002 and published in the County official gazette Službeni glasnik Zadarske županije. Article 6 of the new Statutes Statut Zadarske županije, adopted on 17 July 2009 and published the same day in Službeni glasnik Zadarske županije, No. 15, is word for word equal to the previous 2002 Statutes, except for adding the final word, now explicitly stating that it is the County Assembly that shall adopt the Decision on the use of the coat of arms and the flag; previously it jwas ust said that this shall be prescribed "by a particular Decision", now "by a particular Decision of the Assembly".

The flag is in proportions 1:2, horizontally wavy divided white-blue with the golden bordered coat of arms of the County in the middle.

Željko Heimer, 8 November 2009

Coat of arms of Zadar County

Coat of arms of Zadar County - Image by Željko Heimer, 8 January 1999

The coat of arms of Zadar County is "Azure, a church of the True Cross argent, in chief argent, an olive branch proper."
The church of the True Cross was built in Nin in the 9th century in old Croatian pre-Romanesque style. In Nin, today a small town north of Zadar, was in 864 AD established the first Diocese on the territory under Croatian rulers. The olive branch represents not only one of the traditional products of the region, but is also symbolic for peace.

Željko Heimer, 8 January 1999

Ceremonial flag of Zadar County

Ceremonial flag of Zadar County - Image by Željko Heimer, 18 January 1999

There exists an unofficial vertical flag (gonfanon) of the County, used as a ceremonial flag. The flag has tails at the lower end.

Željko Heimer, 18 January 1999