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Alba County (Romania)

Judeţul Alba

image by Jose Antonio Jimenez, 20 March 2013

Description of the Flag
Older Flag
Vertical Tribar Flag
Coat of Arms

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County of Alba has 78 local governments - 4 municipalities, 7 towns, and 67 communes.
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Municipalities		Towns
Alba Iulia Aiud Blaj Sebeș		Abrud Baia de Arieş Câmpeni Cugir Ocna Mureş Teiuş Zlatna
Communes
Albac Almasu Mare Arieseni Avram Iancu Berghin Bistrita Blandiana Bucerdea Granoasa Bucium Calnic Cenade Cergau Ceru-Bacainti Cetatea de Balta Ciugud Ciuruleasa Cracinelu de Jos Cricau Cut	Daia Romana Dostat Farau Galda de Jos Garbova Garda de Sus Hoparta Horea Ighiu Intregalde Jidvei Livezile Lopadea Noua Lunca Muresului Lupsa	Metes Mihalt Miraslau Mogos Noslac Ocolis Ohaba Pianu Poiana Vadului Ponor Posaga Radesti Ramet Rimetea Rosia de Secas Rosia Montana	Salciua Salistea Sancel Santimbru Sasciori Scarisoara Sibot Sohodol Sona Spring Stremt Sugag Unirea Vadu Motilor Valea Lunga Vidra Vintu de Jos

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Municipalities of Alba County

Description of the Flag

On the official Alba County page, you can see a flag, red and white divided with the shield next to the hoist:

"The flag of Alba County has a red background (PANTONE RED; C0, M100, Y100, K0) with a triangular insertion (PANETONE TRANS.WHITE; C0, M0, Y0, K0) and the county's coat of arms in the middle of the white triangle. Proportion between width and length is 2:3. The white triangle has 2 equal sides; the third side is leaned at 45 degrees. The height of the coat of arms is 1/4 of the flag's width and it is placed at 1/10 of the flag's width from the left and upper sides."

Jose Antonio Jimenez, 20 March 2013

The current flag was adopted sometime after 2010, and is diagonally divided white over red. The former flag was vertically divided yellow and blue.
https://judetul-alba.ro/incarcari/2021/09/106-H-aprobare-Statutul-Judetului-Alba_compressed.pdf
Valentin Poposki, 13 February 2022

Older Flag

image by István Molnár, 15 June 2006

The flag is vertically divided yellow and blue, with the county coat of arms centred. I have seen this flag in Alba Iulia city on the County Hall.
http://www.cjalba.ro/
István Molnár, 15 June 2006

Vertical Tribar Flag

image located by Valentin Poposki, 13 February 2022

The significance of this flag with three vertical stripes white-red-white on a page for Harghita County is uncertain. It uses the Alba coat of arms.
http://veche.judetulharghita.ro/upload/gallery/3c0e7f98-4eb4-4e8b-b6d3-6f0306099ae8/d8219ff9-40c9-4800-9294-1b3ff468d5a6/steaguri-judetul-alba/steaguri-judetul-alba.jpg
Valentin Poposki, 13 February 2022

Coat of Arms

image located by Valentin Poposki, 13 February 2022

You can see the Coat of Arms of Alba County here: https://judetul-alba.ro/incarcari/2021/09/106-H-aprobare-Statutul-Judetului-Alba_compressed.pdf. It consists of a shield vertically divided, the dexter field blue with a Roman soldier in armour (white) carrying a black shield with the letters V RR on it. The sinister half is divided horizontally, the upper part red, with a silver castle gate, an aurochs head, and sun, moon, and star symbols (silver); the lower half yellow, with an oval disk bearing a pine tree, and around written SIGULLU PRAEFACTOREI AURARIEI GEMINE.

The current coat of arms of the County of Alba was adopted in 1993. There was counter proposal that lead to 20 years of misunderstanding what should be on the county coat of arms. That results with three more proposals - one in 2013, and two more in 2014, but the coat of arms stays as it was adopted in 1993. From the previous coat of arms, are known the arms from the era between two World Wars and the arms from the socialist era adopted in 1968 (or 1972).
Valentin Poposki, 13 February 2022

Version of arms 1968-1972

image located by Valentin Poposki, 13 February 2022

Version of arms 1930s

image located by Valentin Poposki, 13 February 2022