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The coat of arms is Argent a Cross Gules. Similar coat of arms
is held by several other cities in the area, and probably
originates from the crusade period. The flag uses unusual brown
colour for the field, which is not fully confirmed.
Željko Heimer
Buje (in Italian: Buie) is a small city in northwest corner of
inland Istria. It is probably most famous in modern time for the
electronic factory "Digitron" situated there.
Population totaling 5,500, with about 3,500 in the city itself.
Long ago (in 1996?) I reported the flag of Buje as well as the
coat of arms from some source that I have not noted, but it was
some weekly magazine or so having a photo therefrom. I noted that
the flag is brown with the coat of arms in it. However, Tomislav
Šipek visited Buje recently and found out that the colour of
the flag field is not brown but rather dark red. The photo and
lightning effects may easily explain why I misjudged the colour.
The colour brown is, anyway, not among the allowed colours for
the flag according to the Croatian regulations (red, blue, green,
yellow and white are only allowed). Anyway, the flag hoisted at
the city hall in Buje is a vertical variant with golden border
all around and with the coat of arms off-set to top (similalry as
the flags of neighbouring Umag!).
Željko Heimer, 2 January 2005
The official web site of the city includes two version of the
Statutes, one from 2001 and the other from 2009: Statut
Grada Buja, 31.10.2001, Službene novine Grada Buja, br.
5/2001, Statut
Grada Buja, 30.07.2009, Službene novine Grada Buja, br.
11/2009
Both include identical determinations of the coat of arms and the
flag (article 31-35 in the first, and 36-39 in the second) except
that the first one also includes the determinations on the
mayor's sash, which is not mentioned in the 2009 statutes any
more.
The Coat of Arms is described simply: it is the historical coat
of arms of Buje - in shape of a silver shield with a red cross.
The shield is edged with white.
The flag is described as red with the coat of arms in the top
part of the flag, so that the bottom point of the coat of arms
matches the crosspoint of the diagonals. The flag is bordered
with a golden edge. Bottom part of the flag is ornamented with
rectangular indentations. The with to length ratio is 1:2.
One would presume that this describes the ceremonial flag.
Unfortunately, the number and exact shape of the indentations is
not mentioned.
The mayor's sash is of the same red as the flag, with the coat of
arms in the front part of the sash. It is (was) worn over the
right shoulder diagonally to the waist where it had a clasp.
There should be additional decisions on the coat of arms and
flag, but they are not available on-line.
Željko Heimer, 3 September 2009
image by Željko Heimer, 3 September 2009
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image by Željko Heimer, 3 September 2009