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![[Municipality of Gijón (Asturias, Spain)]](../images/e/es-o-gjn.gif)
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 (Municipality of Gijón, Asturias, Spain)]](../images/e/es-o-smo.gif)
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