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Page created: 3rd October 2000 Last updated: 27th December 2023
The FAME is a site devoted to the systematic and scientific study of flags and coats of arms. Such symbols often bear strong political and other messages. Inclusion of those symbols here does not mean that the author supports or approves of the ideas they may stand for.	This site is harvested for the NSK digital archives.

Map of the Dubrovnik and Neretva County.

Dubrovnik and Neretva County - Communities

Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija - općine

1. Blato
2. Dubrovačko primorje
3. Janjina
4. Konavle
5. Kula Norinska
6. Lastovo
7. Lumbarda
   • Lumbarda, 1998 – 2012
8. Mljet
   • Mljet, 1997 – ca. 2009
   • Mljet, 1994 – 1997
9. Orebić
10. Pojezerje
    • Pojezerje, variant since 2020
11. Slivno
    • Slivno, 1996 – ca. 2008?
    • Slivno, 1994 – 1996
12. Smokvica
13. Ston
14. Trpanj
15. Vela Luka
16. Zažablje
17. Župa dubrovačka

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 1997 the communities of Dubrovačko primorje, Janjina, Lumbarda, Trpanj and Župa dubrovačka were formed.

• Dubrovnik and Neretva County
• Croatia - Counties
• Croatia

Blato

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The coat of arms of Blato is argent a tower gules between in chief two churches of the same and in the tower's gate an olive and a vine branch in saltire and in the base fimbriated with tripple wattle or azure two sabres argent handeled or in slatire infront of a tricolour hat with tail sable. The churches shown are the two churches of Blato. The historical coat of arms (actually a seal) is noted by Ströhl azure a tower argent with a horse head or at the doors, and similar is shown by Laszowski. The sabres and the hat refer to the Blato company of a traditional knight dance of moreška (morris dance). The flag is dark (Bordeaux) red with the coat of arms in the centre. The de jure flag is bordered with golden triple wattle ornament and is in ratio 5:8.

Dubrovačko primorje

(Dubrovnik Littoral)

Seat of administration: Slano

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The coat of arms of Dubrovačko primorje is argent a three-masted sailding ship gules and in the chief lijerica argent and an olive branch vert fruited or in saltire. The sailing ship is a karaka (or argosa), typical trade ship of Dubrovnik Republic on its heights, lijerica (also known as lirica or vijalo) is a local bowed musical instrument with three strings. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre.

Established in 1997 seceding from the city of Dubrovnik.

Janjina

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The coat of arms of Janjina is azure St. Blasius proper deter arm raised in blessing holdin in his sinister a castle argent and sitting on a throne also argent. St. Blasius is the patron of the parish since 1628 and is shown in the coat of arms after a sculpture in the Prince's House, the seat of former Captainship (military administration subdivision of the Dubrovnik Republic) of Janjina, established in 1465. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the centre, while the ceremonial gonfalon includes also branches of olive and vine.

Established in 1997 seceding from the community of Ston.

Konavle

Seat of administration: Cavtat

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The coat of arms of Konavle is gules a woman in the local folk costume issuant. It depicts the rich Konavle region folk costume, with traditional white headgear, golden lined black overcoat, blue girdle and white appron. The flag is white with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre of it. The ceremonial flag is a white gonfalon ending triangularly with golden fringe, with the coat of arms in the centre of it, topped with the inscription of the name of the community and with an olive and a vine branch beneath. Table flags are simplified variants of it, vertical ending traingularly, pale yellow, with golden border along the outer four edges, while the ornamental branches are depicted in the proper colours.

Kula Norinska

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The coat of arms of Kula Norinska is gules three bars argent a tower of Norin of the last with a cross in its dexter issuant from a pile reversed arched in base a chevron arched also argent and six bezants, 3-2-1. The silver bars represents the numerous armlets and irrigation channels of the Neretva river. The tower (kula) of Norin that gave the community its name was erected around 1500, of great strategic possition in the Delta, often changing rulers. The cross with memorial plaque was set in it in 1934 marking 250 years of its final liberation from Ottomans. The pile reversed with the silver line represent the bow of a typical Neretva ship. The disks represent the traditional vine production, but are also said to represent more modern production of mandarines and agriculture in general. The flag is blue with the coat of arms in its centre edged yellow.
It appears that the symbols were not formally adopted.

Lastovo

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The coat of arms of Lastovo is argent two pharmacists clead gules aproned argent each holding a chalice or and jointly holding a mortar and a pestle also or and issuant from the chief a semi-sun in splendour or. The figures represent St. Cosmas and Damian, patrons of the town that are depicted already on medieval seals of the community. The flag is red with the coat of arms in the centre. The ceremonial banner is vertical rectangular hoisted from a crossbar and with a weight crossbar at the bottom, red bordered yellow with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre, the community name in two arches above and vine branches and a bunch of grapes below.

Lumbarda

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The coat of arms of Lumbarda is azure a Corinthian column capital argent and in the base branches of olive and vine trees or. The flag is blue with the coat of arms outlined golden in the centre of it. The ceremonial flag is a blue gonfalon with the coat of arms in the centre, the name of the community above and vine banches below. Table flags are of the same layout but in simplified form.

Established in 1997 by secession from the city of Korčula.

Lumbarda, 1998 – 2012

Prior to the adoption of the current symbols the statutes described the coat of arms as "a thought out system of these symbols and colours: white (stone - 'psefizma': a 4th century BC inscription tablet), blue (sea - sky), golden-yellow (sun - vine sort grk), green (pine - olive)". The flag was desiribed as "a developed system of blue and golden-yellow" (sic!). There were no graphic renderings made to match the descriptions.

Mljet

Seat of administration: Babino Polje

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The coat of arms of Mljet is azure an inescutchon or with an inescucheon vert. This symbolically represents a green island with sandy shores in the middle of the sea. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms edged yellow in its centre. The ceremonial flag is a lighjt blue gonfalon edged golden and with golden fringe along bottom, with the golden outlined coat of arms in the centre, golden inscribed name of the community above it and branches of olive and fir with fruits below.
There is also a table flag, vertical, ending triangularly with the coat of arms in its centre above ornaments of green branches, without the community name inscribed and possibly a similar ceremonial flag.
According to Dabelić, the medieval coat of arms of Mljet is found on the porch of St. Blasius church in Babino Polje (depicting, apparently a pine tree on a shore under a bar), while a coat of arms (a seal?) depicting St. Peter the Apostole was used in the preiod from 1850 until 1921.

Mljet, 1997 – ca. 2009

The coat of arms of Mljet adopted in 1997 was azure in an Aleppon pine cone fimbriated argent a tower on an island in a lake, and in the chief a line of cheques of gules and argent. The flag was light blue with the coat of arms bordered golden in its centre.

Mljet, 1994 – 1997

The coat of arms of Mljet adopted in 1994 was per fess chief per pale: 1. gules and argent 3×3, 2. or inscribed Statute di Meleda 1345, 3. azure a tower over a wattle ornament. The flag was light blue with the coat of arms in its centre.
The two official gazettes issued in 1994 and 1995 issued the same Statutes of 1994 (with identical date and administrative numbers) containing different articles describing the coat of arms and the flag! The 1994 gazette might have been actualy printed afterwards and antedated, contains descriptions virtually identical to the 1997 decision above (q. v.).

Orebić

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The coat of arms of Orebić is gules a sextant or and in the canton a bunch of grapes azure. The bunch of grapes represents the vine sort mali plavac of which the region is famous. The sextant represent the long lasting tradition of Orebić men to serve as maritime and naval captains. The flag is light blue with the coat of arms in its centre.

Pojezerje

Seat of administration: Otrić-Seoci

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The coat of arms of Pojezerje is azure a bend wavy argent between a bunch of grapes with a leaf and a fig also with a leaf all or. The wavy band refers to the community name, meaning roughly "(region) around the lakes". The main products of the region are vine and figs. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the centre. The ceremonial flag is a blue gonfalon with three triangularly ending tails with golden ornamnets of olice, vine andfig branches, the coat of arm sin the center and the community name with the name of the seat of community inscribed in three arches above. It is not conifirmed if such ceremonial flag was ever produced.
Since 2020 the community uses (ocasionally?) a differently colored version of the coat of arms.

Pojezerje, variant since 2020

A variant in use since 2020 or a bend wavy azure between a bunch of grapes also azure with a leaf vert and a fig with a leaf also vert. It is also used in light a blue flag. There is no known formal decision on symbols change.

Slivno

Seat of administration: Vlaka

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The coat of arms of Slivno is per fes wavy or and azure from which is issuing a falcon displayed argent. The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered white in the centre of it.
It is obviously based on the 1994 and the 1996 designs, but when it was formally changed and if it was actually adopted in this form and approved, remains unclear. However, these symbols are recorded in use at least since 2008 and they were included in the 2009 Statutes. Flags without white border around the coat of arms were also recorded in use.

Slivno, 1996 – ca. 2008?

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The design was simplified in 1996 to conform with the central authorities requirements - the chequy patter was removed and the central shield only retained, white the flag was made monocolour, blue, with the coat of arms outlined white in the centre.

Slivno, 1994 – 1996

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The coat of arms as initially adopted was quarttered gules and argent and in the inescutscheon per fess wavy argent a falcon issuant or and barry wavy of four azure and or. The design of the falcon is inspired by the Nonković family coat of arms. The flag was vertical divided into quartered red and white upper half and barry wavy blue and yellow lower half, with the falcon as from the inescutscheon issuing from the bottom half. The bottommost blue stripe was inscribed with the community name and the entire flag was edged on three sides with golden ribbon with three golden tassels along the bottom.

Smokvica

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The coat of arms of Smokvica is Gules a sword erect argent, hilt with hand-guard or wrapped with two fig branches erradicated also or. The fig (Croatian: smokva) is canting the community name. The flag is blue with golden outlined coat of arms in the centre. The ceremonial flag is red gonfalon bordered with a golden ribbon with three triangularly ending tails, the central one longer with an olive branch ornament, the other two with vine branches ornaments, each with a golden tassel, the coat of arms in the centre and the community name inscribed golden in two lines above it.
The symbols were publicly presented on the Community Day 1 February 2017.

Ston

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The coat of arms of Ston azure St. Blasius or with a right hand riased and holding a staff in his left hand issuant from a fortress argent and in base salt fields also argent. The forification shown is stylization of the forts of Stoviš and Koruna. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the centre (as simply described in the Statutes). The ceremonial flag (described as "flag" in the 1994 decision) is vertical, yellow, in the ratio 3:5, with the coat of arms over the inscription STON and ornaments depicting a motif from the Preromanic wattlework of 10th century from the Church of St. George in Janjina and the Church of the Lady of Lužina in Ston. So far, only the ceremonial version was recorded in use.

Vela Luka

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The coat of arms of Vela Luka is azure within border argent a white dove flying with an olive branch or in the beak. When Vela Luka was established as a separate community in 1898, when it was granted right to use a coat of arms displaying a dove with an olive branch in its beak. The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the centre. Flags with the coat of arms without the white border in the shiled are recorded in use, as well.
Table flags are of the same design, but vertical.

Župa dubrovačka

Seat of administration: Srebreno

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The coat of arms of Župa dubrovačka is gules a woman's head couped with black hear in a bun and an earring argent and or toped with a white torse on which is set a basket or filled abundant with fruits proper. This refers to the traditional way the peasant girls would bring their goods to the Dubrovnik markets from this region that was main agricultiral provider to the city for centuries. The flag is dark red with the coat of arms brodered yellow in the middle. The ceremonial flag is a dark red gonfalon with three triangularly ending tails, the middle one being longer, containing golden ornaments of vine, olive and fig branches. In the middle is the coat of arms of the community and the name inscribed in three arches. The table flag is vertical rectangular flag with the coat of arms in the middle and green olive and branches with yellow bunches of grapes below it and the yellow name of the communiyt in two rows in the base.

Established in 1997 by secession from the city of Dubrovnik.

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