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Perusic (Lika-Senj, Croatia)

Općina Perušić

image by Željko Heimer, 2 November 2007

City Flag
Coat of Arms

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The coat of arms is Azure a lion passant or holding a feather argent. The flag is light blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle.
Perušic is a community some 10-15 km north of Gospic with 7,500 inhabitants, the main settlement of the same name having some 1,300 of them. At the moment I am not quite sure to what or whom the feather refers.
Source: Flags hoisted in Perušic, 2002. Photo ŽH.
Željko Heimer, 7 September 2003

Some days ago Tomislav Šipek sent me some good photos of the coat of arms taken on the road signs in Perušic, from which I made the drawings. There is a big probability that the ceremonial flag exists, hardly doubtful hat it is blue gonfanon with the coat of arms in the middle, name of the communiyt above and the ornaments below. In this case (as may be
seen on the road sign I mentioned) these are the branches of oak and linden, entirely similar as used on several other ceremonial flags already reported (like for example Bistra). I am anyway, reluctant to draw it without a further proof.
Željko Heimer, 6 May 2004

These symbols were designed by Heraldic Art d.o.o. from Rijeka.
Željko Heimer, 2 November 2007

The official gazette of the county include several community statutes mentioning or describing the community symbols:
Perušic: Statut Opcine Perušic, 10.07.2009, Županijski glasnik Licko-senjske županije, br. 11/2009, 27.07.2009.
The article 6 claims that this is the historical coat of arms of Perušic, which is absurd, it is a new one designed in mid-90's (but the same "error" is found in other community statutes in Croatia). The Statute do not describe the coat of arms nor flag other then mentioning that the flag shall be determined with a separate decision and shall be of 1:2 ratio.
Željko Heimer, 5 December 2009

Coat of Arms

image by Željko Heimer, 2 November 2007