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Municipality of Gijón (Asturias, Spain)

Concejo de Gijón

Last modified: 2009-06-06 by eugene ipavec
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[Municipality of Gijón (Asturias, Spain)]
image by Antonio Gutiérrez



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Gijón also has an official flag: white with a red bordure.

Luis Antonio, 13 Apr 1999

Gijón is a sister city of Niort.

Eduardo Panizo, 28 Sep 1999

José Carlos Alegría told me, "The flag derives directly from the 1845 registration ensign of Gijón".

Santiago Dotor, 23 Dec 1999


District of Somió

[District of Somió (Municipality of Gijón, Asturias, Spain)]
image by Jose C. Alegria Diaz, 11 Jan 2004

The district flag of Somió, part of the municipality of Gijón, is a rectangular flag, proportions 2:3, divided diagonally from the bottom hoist to the upper fly. Green (Pantone 361) on top, and white on the bottom. On the canton, a yellow (Pantone 109) squirrel. On the bottom fly, a red (Pantone 485) ten-pointed star.

The green represents the rural character of the district, in Gijón´s countryside. The squirrel is a symbol of the neighbourhood, as these animals live along with the residents. The red star on white represents the fact that Somió belongs to Gijón, being red and white, Gijón´s colors. The star has ten points for the 10 parts in which Somió is divided: Caserías, San Lorenzo, La Pipa, El Pisón, La Corolla, La Redonda, Fontanía-La Guía, Fojanes, Candenal y Fuejo.

I, myself , designed the flag in 2002, to have it officially approved in January 2003. I thought it was extremely distinctive, but it turs out to be coincidentally a very similar design to the flag of Senec, Czech Republic.

Jose C. Alegria Diaz, 11 Jan 2004