Žminj (Municipality, Istria County, Croatia)

Gimino

Last modified: 2011-10-01 by ivan sache
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Flag of Žminj - Image by Željko Heimer, 7 November 2004

• Presentation of Žminj
• Flag of Žminj
• Coat of arms of Žminj

See also:

• Croatia
• Istria County (Croatia)
• Croatia: Local flags

Presentation of Žminj

Žminj (Italian, Gimino) is located in the central part of the Istrian peninsula, 30 km north of Pula and some 10 km south of Pazin. It has about 3,500 inhabitants, only some 700 in the small town of the same name.

Željko Heimer, 15 August 2006

Flag of Žminj

The symbols of Žminj are described in the Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Žminj (text), adopted on 14 August 2009 by the Municipality Assembly and published in the Municipality official gazette Službene glasnik Općine Žminj.
The symbols were approved on 4 November 1997 by the Ministry of Administration.

The flag is in proportions 1:2, red with the coat of arms offset to the flag's canton.

Željko Heimer & Marino Tumpić, 16 January 2011

Coat of arms of Žminj

Coat of arms of Žminj - Image by Željko Heimer, 7 November 2004

The coat of arms is "Azure on a base vert a town argent to dexter a tree and in sinister chief St. Michael or holding scales and a flaming sword issuant from a cloud argent".

Željko Heimer & Marino Tumpić, 7 November 2004