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![[Flag of Smartno]](../images/s/si-194.gif)
![[Flag of Smartno]](../images/s/si-194v.gif)
Municipal flag of Šmartno pri Litiji, horizontal and vertical versions - Images by Željko Heimer, 31 December 2007
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The municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji was formed on 15 June 2002 following a referendum held in Litija, from which it seceded. Šmartno pri Litiji is the first Slovene municipality formed after 1998.
Željko Heimer, 28 June 2004
The flag and arms of Šmartno pri Litiji are prescribed by decision Odlok o grobu i zastavi Občine Šmartno pri Litiji, adopted on 24 February 2005 and published in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike Slovenije, 31/2005, 25 March 2005.
The flag is in proportions 2:5, red with a black stripe at hoist and the municipal icon (from the coat of arms) near it. The black stripe is 1/9 of the flag length wide, while the icon is centered on a vertical axis 1/3 of the length from the hoist. The height of the icon is 5/6 of the hoist size.
The vertical version of the flag, unexpectedly, has the black stripe in the base and the icon moved downwards, too.
Željko Heimer, 7 May 2005
![[Coat of arms of Smartno]](../images/s/si)194.gif)
Municipal coat of arms of Šmartno pri Litiji - Image by Željko Heimer, 31 December 2007, after the municipal gazette
The coat of arms of Šmartno pri Litiji is "Per pale sable and gules and overall St. Martin giving his cloak to a beggar all argent".
The picture in the coat of arms is taken from the portal of the local
church. However, the icon is mirrored, since on the church it is shown
in the non-heraldical position, turned toward sinister.
The black field in the symbols is a reference to historical coal
mines in the region.
Željko Heimer, 31 December 2007