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Pirovac (Municipality, Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia)

Flag of Pirovac - Image by Željko Heimer, 20 August 2006

Presentation of Pirovac
Flag of Pirovac
Coat of arms of Pirovac
Ceremonial flag of Pirovac

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Presentation of Pirovac

The municipality of Pirovac (1,646 inhabitants in 2001, 1,608 in the village of Pirovac) was formed in 1997 by separation from the municipality of Tisno.

Željko Heimer, 20 August 2006

Flag of Pirovac

The symbols of Pirovac are prescribed by Statutory Decision Statutarna odluka o uporabi grbu i zastavi Općine Pirovac, adopted on 10 November 2003 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 15 December 2003 in the County official gazette Službeni vjesnik Šibensko-kninske županije, No. 11 (with drawings of the symbols).
The companion Decision Odluka o mjerilima za odobravanje uporabe grba i zastave Općine Pirovac, adopted on 10 November 2003 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 15 December 2003 in Službeni vjesnik Šibensko-kninske županije, No. 11, determines the rules and procedures of the grant of use of the coat of arms and the flag.
The symbols were approved by the Ministry of Justice, Administration and Local Self-Government on 25 September 2003.
The symbols are described in Articles 5-8 of the Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Pirovac, adopted on 21 July 2009 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 26 August 2009 in Službeni vjesnik Šibensko-kninske županije, No. 9 (text).

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

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

Željko Heimer, 25 April 2013

Coat of arms of Pirovac

Coat of arms of Pirovac - Image by Željko Heimer, 20 August 2006

The coat of arms is "Azure St. George holding a sword and a shield stantant in a gate argent".
St. George is the patron saint of the town; the gate is the one still preserved in the town walls.
The arms originally adopted in the 1990s included also a green dragon beneath the gate, but this was refused by the Ministry of Administration.

Željko Heimer, 20 August 2006

Ceremonial flag of Pirovac

Ceremonial flag of Pirovac - Image by Željko Heimer, 20 August 2006

The ceremonial flag (not mentioned in the Decision but mentioned in the Statutes) is a blue gonfanon bordered yellow with three triangulary ending tails and a yellow fringe along the bottom. In the middle is the yellow bordered coat of arms, topped with the arched inscription of the name of the municipality and the tails are ornamented with an olive, a grapevine and a fig branch, respectively.
The flag in actual use (photos, photo) shows a number of differences from the design proposed by Heraldic Art.

Željko Heimer & Marko Vitez, 23 July 2017