Bale (Istria, Croatia)

Opc'ina Bale, Valle d'Istria

Last modified: 2004-03-13 by
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Coat of Arms
by Zeljko Heimer, 6 March 2004

• Overview

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• Istria County
• Croatia

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• Collection of Croatian Local Flags at FAME

Overview

Bale (or in Italian Valle d'Istria) is a small community some 10 km northwest of Pula, numbering just about 1,000 inhabitants, of which about 800 lives in a vilage of the same name.
I have noted from mid 1990's (already 1995) that the community uses the historical coat of arms as kind of a touristic logo. I have no info if this has been officially adopted, just as I have no info on the possible flag that would go together with it.
The coat of arms is gules a cross pattee argent. The shield is oval within golden border, topped with golden crown and surrounded with a  wreath of laurel branches.
Zeljko Heimer, 6 March 2004