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Map of the Zadar County. Legend: Bi. = Bibinje, FJ. = Sveti Filip i Jakov, Ga. = Galovac, Ka. = Kali, Ku. = Kukljica, Su. = Sukošan, Šk. = Škabrnja

Zadar County - Communities

Zadarska županija - općine

1. Bibinje
2. Galovac
3. Gračac
4. Jasenice
5. Kali
6. Kolan
7. Kukljica
8. Lišane Ostrovičke
9. Novigrad
   • Novigrad, ca. 2000 – 2012
10. Pakoštane
11. Pašman
12. Polača
13. Poličnik
14. Posedarje
15. Povljana
16. Preko
17. Privlaka
18. Ražanac
19. Sali
20. Stankovci
21. Starigrad
    • Starigrad, proposal 1999
22. Sukošan
23. Sveti Filip i Jakov
24. Škabrnja
25. Tkon
26. Vir
27. Vrsi
28. Zemunik Donji

Since 1993 the Croatian legislation allows the units of local self-government (counties, cities and communities) to have their coat of arms and flag, however these may be legally used only after they are approved by a central state authority. The a flag of a city or community should be of a one colour field with the coat of arms in the centre or offset towards hoist. Some exceptions from this rule are tolerated for the cities with traditional flag established before these rules were made. The coat of arms must follow also a set of rules to be approved. Some cities and communities use unapproved designs nevertheless. See more on the approval dates. Prior to 1993 the coats of arms and flag were not regulated by state legislation.
The official bazon (heraldic descripton) of the coats of arms and descriptions of the flags are according to the approval text of the central state authority, other description according to other community documents.
In 1993, with the new administrative division (re)introducing the county system the kotars were introduced as intermediate level of local self-governing in areas with dense Serb population, as a means to granting them wider self-government. However, due to the aggression and occupation the kotars never lived up, and were dismembered in 1997 reform. In the Zadar and Knin County there was Kotar Knin established, with seat in the same named town, consisting of communities of: Benkovac, Civljane, Donji Lapac, Ervenik, Gračac, Jasenice, Kijevo, Kistanje, Knin, Kruševo, Lisičić, Lišane ostrovičke, Lovinac, Nadvoda, Obrovac, Orlić, Polača, Smilčić, Smoljanac, Stankovci, Titova Korenica and Udbina. In the 1997 reform some of those are included in neighbouring communities and some are promoted to city status. In any case, the Kotar and its communities never functioned, and certainly did not have the symbols.
Except those, in 1997 the community of Nin was given a city status, as well as the community of Pag that was taken from Lika and Senj County. The community of Kolan was formed in 2003, seceeding from Pag, and the community of Vrsi in 2006 seceeding from Nin.

• Zadar County
• Croatia - Counties
• Croatia

Bibinje

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The coat of arms of Bibinje is azure a staff or with a bag argent ensigned with escallop also or between a sabre argent handled or and a cross also or. The staff, bag and the shell are attributes of St. Roch, patron of Bibinje. The cross is called in the adoption documents the Glagolitic cross, refering to the Christian service lead in Croatian language, written in Glagolitic script in 9th and 10th century in the region. The sabre is a reference to Don Stipan Sorić, 17th century leader of the firght against the Ottomans during the Cretan (Candian) War.
The flag is light blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle. The ceremonial flag is a light blue gonfalon bordered golden with the coat of arms in the centre, the name of the community above in two arches and branches of vine and olive beneath.

Galovac

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The coat of arms of Galovac is azure scales or superimposed over a sword erect conjoined with a cross pattee also or flanked and suppoerted by two peacocks argent. The charges refer to St. Michael, patron of the community, and peacocks, as symbols of imortality, as shown on a relief flanking a cross from the St. Bartholomeus church from the early Romanic period (9th-12th century). The flag is dark blue with the golden outlined coat of arms in the centre of it.
The previous 2010 statutes of Galovac described the coat of arms in general, but with no particular design in mind, stating that it include the figure of St. Michael.

The community of Galovac was seceeded from Zemunik Donji in 1997.

Gračac

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The coat of arms of Gračac is: sable a bear passant or holding in its jaws a fish argent and in the chief stalactites also argent. The flag is green with the golden bordered coat of arms in the centre. The cave ornaments refer to the Cerovac caves nearby Gračac, the largest cave system in Croatia. The 2004 decision slightly reworded the description of the coat of arms and the flag from the previous decision, conforming it with heraldic blazon, but without changing the design. The ceremonial flag is not mentioned in the decisions, it is green gonfalon ending triangulary with golden fringe, the coat of arms in the middle bordered yellow, above it name of the community in two arches and below it two oak branches.

Jasenice

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The coat of arms of Jasenice is azure Vila Velebita holding in her right hand a degenia flower. Vila Velebita (the Fay of Velebit) is a mythical patron of Velebit mountain range and in this coat of arms she is holding a Velebit endemic flower also found in the coat of arms of the Lika and Senj County. The flag described in official documents is actually a ceremonial flag: blue with the golden bordered coat of arms in the centre and golden inscription of the community name above it. It is not mentioned that beside the incription it includes also ornaments of degenia flowers and that it has four square tails. The approved flag is without the text and ornaments, but also without mentioned ribbon around the coat of arms, although the flags in use were recorded with the yellow outline around it. The table flag is vertical triangularly ending bordered white, with white outlined coat of arms topped with white inscription and surrounded with four golden degenia flowers.

Kali

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The coat of arms is azure a fish nainaint argent and in base a fishing net also argent thoughout. It is tuna fishing that Kali has long tradition of, as well as, tuna farming today. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre. The ceremonial flag is, however, a red gonfalon with three tails ending triangularly, bordered yellow and with golden fringe along the bottom, with the coat of arms in the centre, arched name of the community in two lines above and golden olive branches below.

Kolan

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The coat of arms of Kolan is azure a sheep passant argent on a rocky mount of the same. The rocky hilltop is Sv. Vid (St. Vitus). The flag is red with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the centre. The ceremonial flag is a red golfanon with three triangularly ending tails with yellow fringe, the coat of arms in the centre, the yellow inscription of the name of the community above and an olive and a vine branch below. The table flag is a simplified form of the ceremonial flag.

The community was formed in 2003 by secession from the city of Pag.

Kukljica

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The coat of arms of Kukljica is azure a snowflake-cross argent above a boat or. These symbolically represent the local feast of Mary ad Nives (Our Lady of Snow, Gospa Snježna - 5^th August) that is celebrated there in uninterrupted tradition for almost 500 years. In the main procession the sculpture of the Lady is transferred from local church to the chapel by boats. Although the new statutes claim that its is a historical coat of arms, it is a modern one. It design is example of excellent heraldrification of local characteristic into the language of the symbols.
The flag is blue with yellow bordered coat of arms in the centre. The ceremonial flag is blu gonfalon with three tails with golden finge, the coat of arms in the centre, the name of the community above and (unknown) golden ornaments in the tails.

The community was formed in 1997 by secession from the community of Kali.

Lišane Ostrovičke

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The coat of arms of Lišane is argent three swords of the same hilted or erect inflamed in a conjoined flame gules issuant from the base. These symbolise St. Nicolas Tavelić, who was martyred with his three companions in Jerusalem in 1391, being cut down with swords and thrown onto a pyre. The flag is dark blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre.

Novigrad

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The coat of arms of Novigrad (Zadarski) is or a cross azure. The uncoloured stone carved coats of arms are preserved but the colours were first introduced in the book "Grbovi Jugoslavije" (possibly according to the Landesfarben of Dalmatia), since when these colours are said to be traditional. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms bordered white in the centre of it. The honour flag is a light blue gonfalon with the coat of arms in its centre, the name of the community above and the branches of olive and vine tree below. A table flag is also prescribed, vertical, rectangular with the coat of arms in its centre and the yellow name of the community above.

The community is known as Novigrad Zadarski or Novigrad Dalmatinski to differentiate from the places of the same name in Istria and Podravina.

Novigrad, ca. 2000 – 2012

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The flag used prior to the formal adoption had no outline around the coat of arms. The 2011 decision prescribes yellow border, but the Ministry approved white, which also appears in subsequent statutes. The older variants seems to be still in use, nevertheless.

Pakoštane

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The coat of arms of Pakoštane is azure a unicorn rampant or armed and langued gules. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre of it. The unicorn is ana trribute of St. Justine of Padua, a chapel dedicated to her is on an islet off Pakoštane. The ceremonial flag is a blue gonfalon ending triangularly with golden fringe at the bottom, with the coat of arms in the centre of it quartered: Pakoštane proper, argent an inflamed sword argent hilted or, argent a felur de lis gules and azure a saltire or, topped with the name of the community in two arches above and with branches of vine and olive trees below.

Pašman

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The coat of arms of Pašman is azure a five-pointed gaffe spear or. The gaffe spear reminds on the importance of traditional fishing for this island community. The flag is light blue with the golden bordered coat of arms in the centre. The ceremonial flag is light blue with three rectangular tails, the central one longer then the other two, all golden fringed at the bottom, with the coat of arms in the centre, the golden name of community above and ornaments of oak, olive and vine branches in the tails. Table flags are simplified versions of the ceremonial flag, with triangular end and vine and olive wreath as ornaments.

Polača

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The coat of arms of Polača is or a fort azure with Antique gateways on a rock of the first. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms in the centre of it. It seems that a simplified version of the coat of arms is used in the flags, too (without masonry and other details). The ceremonial vertical flag was also reported, blue with three tails, coat of arms and golden ornaments and inscription.
The originally adopted design of the coat of arms included silver rocky hill under the fortress, soon changed to the current golden one.

Poličnik

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The coat of arms of Poličnik is gules three beznats on a closed book on a tray all argent. The attributes refer to the patron saints of Poličnik, the plate for St. John the Baptist, the Gospel book for St. Luke and thee balls for St. Nicolas. The flag is dark blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle.
The ceremonial flag is a dark blue gonfalon with the trangular fly end with golden fringe and the yellow bordered coat of arms in the centre of it, above it yellow name of the community in an arch and a line and below brancnes of an olive and a vine tree. The table flag is a simplified version of the ceremonial flag.

Posedarje

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The coat of arms of Posedarje is azure a goose argent crowned and gorged with a medalion pendant or beaked gules issuant from a crown also or gemmed gules. A crowned goose with a medallion sitting in a crown makes an element of the family arms and it crest of the influential Zadar family of Begna Posedarski (Begna di Possidaria). The flag is dark blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the centre. The table flag is a dark blue vertical triangularly ending flag with the coat of arms in the centre, the name of the community above and green vine and olive branches below.

Povljana

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The coat of arms of Povljana is azure St. Nicolas stantant his right hand raised in blessing and holding in his left three apples on a book and a crozier and with a mitre on his head all argent. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms bordered white in the centre of it. Although the decision prescribes that the outline is white, flags with golden outline are used as well. The ceremonial flag is a light blue gonfalon with three rectangular tails, the central one longer, with golden fringe along the bottom, with the coat of arms bordered golden in the centre, the community name in two rows above, and two olive branches as a wreath beneath the arms.

The community was formed in 1997 by secession from the City of Pag.

Preko

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The coat of arms of Preko is or a single-masted boat azure with a triangular sail argent and a pennant of the same and in the chief a branch of olive with eight fruits vert. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre. The ceremonial flag is a light blue gonfalon with three triangularly ending tails with tassels, the coat of arms in the centre, the community name inscribed golden in an arc and a line above and vine and fig branch ornaments beneath. The coat of arms in the ceremonial flag differs in details - the sail is infront of the mast, and the pennant at the top is azure. Table flags are of the same basic design rectangular with triangular ending in shape.

Privlaka

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The coat of arms of Privlaka is azure a seahorse argent. A seahorse or hippocampus is a symbol of marine possition of Privlaka. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the centre of it. The decision adopting the symbols actually describes what was intended as a ceremonial flag, with golden edges along the three outer edges and three golden tassels in the base, but the simple horizontal flags are in use. There are no confirmations whatsoever to the statutory claim on the coat of arms being a historical one. Somewhat clumsy prescriptions of the coat of arms and the flag were slightly changed in subsequent statutes, to be omitted in 2009 and then reincluded in 2011.

The community of Privlaka was seceeded from the city of Nin in 1997. The name of the community is often attributed Privlaka kod Nina for differenciation of Privlaka kod Otoka.

Ražanac

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The coat of arms of Ražanac is azure a tower argent massoned and embatteled surrounded with eight bees or, three-two-three. Ražanac was fortified in 1507, and altough mostly destoyed by the Turks in 1570. During the Cretan (Candian) War in 1645, when the men went to defend other cities, the town was attacked while defended by women only against overwhelmingly stronger enemy. The defence was lead by a very old woman Nidićka, who won the day by throwing the beehives into the inflamed houses beneath the city walls - the bees attacked the Turks and their horses. The coat of arms was inspired by the legend of Nidićka. The tower stands for Ražanac itself and the eight bees for the other eight settlements in the community. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms in the centre.
The ceremonial flag is a light blue gonfalon with three triangularly ending tails with tassels, the coat of arms in the centre, the name of the community above and branches of olive and vine trees below.

Sali

Flag unknown.

The emblem that is ascribed to Sali on Dugi otok is a logo displaying in a shield shape a fishing boat on two wavy line, in base two fishes swimming away from each other and an eight pointed star in the top sinister, as well as inscription SALI (ⰔⰀⰎⰋ) in the Glagolitic (Old Croatian) script. The status of this emblem is unclear. The community has not formally adopted any symbols.

Stankovci

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The coat of arms of Stankovci is azure a book or behind a faether fesswise argent. The flag is dark blue with the yellow bordered coat of arms in the centre.

Starigrad

Seat of administration: Starigrad Paklenica

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The coat of arms of Starigrad is azure between rocks argent a white vessel. The rocky gorge in the coat of arms depicts the Paklenica canyon for which the community is famous and the vessel represents the old Roman glass jar - as found in remians of Roman settlement Vegium just outside the modern town. While the Decision and Statutes mention two handles on the jar, the official drawings as well as the approval include no handles at all. The handles were present on an early design, and the text was retained even after the drawings changed. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre of it.

Starigrad, proposal 1999

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Sukošan

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The coat of arms of Sukošan is azure a hand issuant from sinister clad or holding a feather argent in bend sinister and in canton an anchor also or. The hand holding a feather is attribute of St. Cassian of Imola, the patron and namesake of the community. The anchor refers to the name of the bay Zlatna Luka (Italian Porto d'Oro - Golden Harbour), today being the largest marina on Croatian coast. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the middle. The ceremonial flag is a yellow gonfalon with three tails ending with fringes, the coat of arms in the centre of it, the name of the community blue in two arches above and green branches of vine with blue grapes and olive tree below. The table flag follows the same design vertical with triangular end, bordereed blue, with golden incription and ornaments.

Sveti Filip i Jakov

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The coat of arms of Sv. Filip i Jakov is azure a bar gemel or and overall a crosier argent in pale. The two bars refer to the two patron saints of the community. In the ceremonial version it is ornamented with an olive and a vine branch, with the municipality name on a ribbon. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre. The ceremonial flag is a light blue gonfalon with three rectangularly ending tails with golden fringe, the coat of arms in the centre, the name of the community in two arches above and branches of olive ornaments in the side tails and the vine tree in the central one.

Škabrnja

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The coat of arms of Škabrnja is azure a winged bull sejant argent nimbed and holding an open book beneath the front legs or. The winged bull is an ancient badge of St. Luke Evangelist, the patron of Škabrnja, to whom the 13th century church preserved there is devoted. The flag is red with the coat of arms bordered golden in the centre. The ceremonial flag is red gonfalon ending triangularly with golden fringe, the coat of arms in the centre, the name of the community above and golden branches below. The table flag has the same general layout with somewhat differently shaped ornaments..

Prior to 1997 the name of the community was used in its plural form Škabrnje.

Tkon

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The coat of arms of Tkon is azure a blackbird sable beaked and membered or stantant on a scallop argent. The blackbird (locally named ćok) stands for Ćokovac hill and the Benedictine monastery of St. Cosmas and Damian there. The shell kunjka (Arca noae L., Noah's Ark shell) cants the name of the place. The flag is blue with yellow bordered coat of arms in the centre.
The table flag in a form of ceremonial flag is blue with the coat of arms in the centre, the name of the community above it in two arches and below the arms there is the Glagolitic inscription KUN (ⰍⰖⰐ) – the name of the place as it appears in ancient manuscripts produced and still preserved in the monastery. Recently, the more standard looking table flags are recorded, rectangular with triangular tail, top to bottom the community name in two arches, the coat of arms, branches of olive and vine in saltire and the Glagolitic inscription.

The community if formed in 1997 by secession from the community of Pašman.

Vir

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The coat of arms of Vir is azure a head of St. John Baptist argent on a plate or. The Saint is locally known as Sveti Ivan Glavosjek and he is the patron of Vir. The flag is dark blue with the coat of arms bordered golden in the middle. The ceremonial flag is a dark blue gonfalon ending triangulary with golden fringe, the coat of arms bordered yellow in the middle, the name of the community in two arches above and vine branches below. In spite of the Statutes claim, the coat of arms in not historical one.

Vrsi

Flag unknown.

The coat of arms of Vrsi depicts St. Michael, the parish patron, in a blue shield bordered with white and azure wavy pattern and topped with green vine and olive branches with blue fruits.

The community if formed in 2006 by secession from the city of Nin.

Zemunik Donji

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The coat of arms is per fess azure and vert overall a square tower embatteled argent and embatteled walls on both sides, all bordered or. The flag is dark blue with the coat of arms in the centre. The ceremonial flag is blue gonfalon ending in three triangular tails, with the coat of arms in the centre, the name in an arch and two rows above and ornaments in the tails , left to right: vine, oak and fig. The table flag is a blue vertical flag ending triangularly with the coat of arms in the centre topped with the community name.

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