Istria is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Kvarner Gulf. It is shared by three countries: Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy. Croatia encapsulates most of the Istrian peninsula with its Istria County. The current flag of Istria was adopted on 1 July 2002.
Current flag The current flag shows Istria's coat of arms on a blue and green field. The blue symbolises the sky and sea, and the green symbolises the Istrian interior.
Historical flags
FlagDateUseDescription1994 – 2002Flag of Istria CountyNever used 1849 – 1918 Flag of Margraviate of Istria Three equal horizontal fields, yellow on the top, red in the middle and blue on the bottom.
Flags of cities and municipalities
Yugoslav period FlagDateUse1969 – 1990Flag of Municipality of Pula1976 – 1993Flag of Municipality of Buje1921 – 1993Flag of Municipality of Labin
Cities in Croatian Istria FlagDateUseCounty1993 – presentFlag of Buje - BuieIstria County1993 – presentFlag of BuzetIstria County1995 – presentFlag of Novigrad - CittanovaIstria County 1993 – present Flag of LabinIstria County 1998 – present Flag of OpatijaPrimorje-Gorski Kotar County 1993 – present Flag of Poreč - ParenzoIstria County 1994 – present Flag of PazinIstria County 1993 – present Flag of Pula - PolaIstria County 1996 – present Flag of Rovinj - Rovigno Istria County 1993 – present Flag of Umag - UmagoIstria County1995 – presentFlag of Vodnjan - DignanoIstria County
Slovenia FlagDateUseRegion 1997 - presentFlag of KoperSlovene Istria
Italy FlagDateUseRegion UnknownFlag of MuggiaFriuli-Venezia Giulia
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