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Sopje (Municipality, Virovitica-Podravina County, Croatia)

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[Municipality flag] image by Željko Heimer, 26 August 2013


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Presentation of Sopje

The municipality of Sopje (2,750 inhabitants in 2001) is located on river Drava, some 10 km north of Slatina and 30 km east of Virovitica.

Željko Heimer, 15 September 2003


Flag of Sopje

The symbols of Sopje are described in Article 5 of the Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Sopje, adopted on 18 February 2013 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 28 February 2013 in the Municipality official gazette Službeni glasnik Općine Sopje, No. 1 (text).

The symbols of Sopje were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. company, from Rijeka, and approved by the Ministry of Administration / Central State Office for Administration before 2006.

The flag is described as follows:

The flag of the Municipality of Sopje is rectangular in shape, with a ratio of width to length of 1:2.
The flag of the Municipality of Sopje is of dark blue colour with the coat of arms of the Municipality of Sopje in the centre.

Željko Heimer, 14 November 2013


Coat of arms of Sopje

[Municipality coat of arms] image by Željko Heimer, 26 August 2013

The coat of arms is described as follows:

The coat of arms of the Municipality of Sopje is made in accordance with heraldic rules; it is the historical coat of arms of the Municipality of Sopje.
The coat of arms of the Municipality of Sopje is in a shield shape, of light blue colour - the colour of the sky - with a golden border. In the centre of the shield is a bunch of maize with nine ears, representing the number of settlements in the Municipality. The bunch of maize is bound with an earring of platinum silver - a colour from the early medieval Croatian culture of the 10th century, found at the archeological site near Josipovo (Ciganka); it represents the richness of the sites found in the vicinity in the territory of the Municipality of Sopje.

Željko Heimer, 14 November 2013


Gonfalon of Sopje

[Flag] image by Željko Heimer, 27 January 2022


Table flag of Sopje

[Flag] image by Željko Heimer, 1 September 2016

The table flag of Sopje (photo) is a rectangular, vertical blue flag with a yellow border, the coat of arms, inscription and branches.

Željko Heimer & Ivan Grbac, 1 September 2016