Flags and coats of arms of the autonomous regions of Spain

This list shows the flags and coats of arms of the 17 autonomous regions of Spain as well as the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla .

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flag	SV	region	coat of arms	Remarks
Flag of Andalusia	2: 3	Andalusia	Coat of arms of Andalusia	The flag from 1918 shows the colors from the time of the Napoleonic Wars. There are contradicting theories about the origin of colors. One of them is that Blas Infante wanted the white to remind of the color of the Umayyads and that the two green stripes stand for the Guadiana and Guadalquivir rivers , the Guadiana not flowing in Andalusia. The coat of arms shows the columns of Hercules and two lions of Cadiz . The golden Spanish inscription reads: " Andalucía por sí, para España y la Humanidad " (German: "Andalusia for itself, for Spain and humanity"). The semicircular banner shows a gold inscription that reads as follows in Latin. “ Dominator Hercules Fundator ” (German: “Ruler Hercules the Founder”). Hercules is said to have been in Cádiz .
Flag of Aragon	2: 3	Aragon	Coat of arms of Aragon	The red stripes go back to a king of the 14th century who, according to legend, pulled his blood-smeared hands over a golden shield. The oldest flag of Aragon is a typical coat of arms flag that was created by rotating and attaching the coat of arms to a flagstick. The coat of arms probably dates from the year 875 and was given to Wilfried the Hairy , the Count of Barcelona by the West Frankish King Charles the Bald , because he had shown bravery in the fight against the Moors. How the coat of arms of the Counts of Barcelona was transferred to Aragon is not known.
Flag of Asturias	2: 3	Asturias	Asturian coat of arms	The flag of Asturias is a solid blue and shows, shifted towards the flagpole, a golden cross with the Greek letters alpha and omega hanging on the bar to indicate the beginning and the end. The flag goes back to the coat of arms of the city of Oviedo . Blue is the color of the Virgin Mary here . The Cross of Victory is an ancient Asturian symbol. Around the escutcheon is a Latin inscription: “ HOC SIGNO TUETUR PIUS, HOC SIGNO VINCITUR INIMICUS ” (German: “With this symbol one is divinely protected, with this symbol the enemy is defeated.”). Above the coat of arms is the Spanish royal crown.
Flag of the Balearic Islands	2: 3	Balearic Islands	Coat of arms of the Balearic Islands	The flag of the Balearic Islands goes back to the historical flag of the Kingdom of Mallorca. The underground is identical to the flag of Aragon, a reference to the former affiliation in the Middle Ages. The jack shows a castle, a reference to the coat of arms of Palma , the capital of the region. The castle is the royal Almudaina castle palace, which is still used today as the residence of the Spanish king when he is in Mallorca.
Flag of the Basque Country	14:25	Basque Country	Basque Country coat of arms	The flag of the Basque Country is based on the Union Jack , but does not have the same colors. Red stands for blood, white for Catholicism and green for the oak of Gernika , under which councils of elders from all over the Basque Country met annually until 1876 to exercise a form of direct democracy. The Basque flag is known as the irciña . The coat of arms of the Basque Country shows in the first field a castle armed with a sword that fends off a red lion, in the second field the holy oak of Guernica, behind it a white cross, surrounded by gold with eight small red diagonal crosses, in the third field blue and white wavy lines and three trees. The fourth field is solid red and stands for Navarre, which intervened in 1982 against the use of its symbols in the Basque coat of arms.
Flag of Ceutas	2: 3	Ceuta	Coat of arms of Ceuta	The flag of Ceuta goes back to the flag of Lisbon . Ceuta also has the coat of arms of Portugal with a crown in its flag .
Extremadura flag	2: 3	Extremadura	Extremadura coat of arms	The flag supposedly combines the colors of the cities of Cáceres (green-white) and Badajoz (white-black), but their flags show red-white and green-blue. The coat of arms shows a half-split shield with a split top. In the first field a red lion on gold, in the second field a golden castle on red and in the lower third blue field below white wavy lines, above the two golden columns of Heracles and a silver banner with the Latin inscription Plus Ultra (Eng .: always on ). A silver heart sign with a tree. On the shield the crown of Castile. The red lion of Leon comes from the Badajoz coat of arms. The castle comes from the coat of arms of Cáceres and is reminiscent of Castile. The "Pillars of Hercules" remind us that many seafarers and conquerors come from Extremadura. The small silver heart sign with the tree probably stands for the famous oak trees of Extremadura.
Flag of Galicia	2: 3	Galicia	Coat of arms of Galicia	The flag of Galicia goes back to the historic sea flag of the city and province of A Coruña . In the center of the flag is the coat of arms of the former Kingdom of Galicia with the Spanish crown above it. It dates from the 10th and 11th centuries and shows a golden chalice , a silver host and seven silver crosses that go back to the seven ancient provinces of Galicia. The Spanish royal crown stands above the coat of arms.
Canary Islands flag	2: 3	Canary Islands	Canary Islands Coat of Arms	The flag of the Canary Islands shows three vertical stripes with the coat of arms of the islands in the middle. Coat: In the blue coat of arms are twice pile as asked three silver triangles and a triangle in the sign foot . A gold crown rests on the shield. Above it in the floating silver ribbon the motto in capitals "Océano" (English: ocean). Seven silver mountains represent the seven large islands of the Canaries. The dogs (Spanish: canes ) are an allusion to the name of the archipelago.
Flag of Cantabria	2: 3	Cantabria	Cantabrian coat of arms	The coat of arms of Cantabria is slightly shifted upwards for optical reasons. The flag is often depicted without a coat of arms. Their colors go back to the coat of arms. The top half of the coat of arms shows an event from the year 1248 when merchants from Cantabria broke the chain barrier of the port of the Moorish city of Seville with a ship and thus participated in the liberation of the city. The lower half shows a silver disc with geometric patterns. Above the coat of arms is the Spanish royal crown.
Flag of Castile and Leon	2: 3	Castile and Leon	Castile-Leon coat of arms	The flag and coat of arms of Castile and León are quartered, showing a combination of the heraldry of Castile and Leon . This coat of arms was created in 1230 by the union of the crowns of both countries.
Flag of Castile-La Mancha	1: 2	Castile-La Mancha	Castile-La Mancha coat of arms	The flag of Castile-La Mancha is divided vertically into two fields of crimson and white. In the middle of the red field is a golden castle with three towers. Red corresponds to the traditional heraldry of Castile. White is said to recall the cloaks of the knights and crusaders who liberated the region from the Arabs in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Flag of Catalonia	2: 3	Catalonia	Coat of arms of Catalonia	The Senyera with the four red stripes on a gold background is said to be the oldest flag in the world (1159). It goes back to the coat of arms of the county of Barcelona. Legend has it that Count Wilfried the Hairy was injured in a battle, King Charles the Bald dipped his fingers into the wound and drew red stripes on Wilfried's golden shield.
Flag of La Rioja	2: 3	La Rioja	Coat of arms of La Rioja	The flag of La Rioja shows four horizontal stripes in red, white, green and yellow, and in the middle the coat of arms. The flag is often depicted without a coat of arms. Their colors go back to the coat of arms. The coat of arms shows a red Santiago cross on its left , a white scallop shell on the left and right, and a green mountain, Monte Laturce , in the lower part . The left half shows a golden castle with three towers (a reference to Castile to which La Rioja belonged until 1982) on a golden bridge. Underneath, white and blue wavy lines.
Flag of the Community of Madrid	7:11	Madrid	Madrid coat of arms	The flag of the Communidad Madrid is solid crimson and shows seven five-pointed white stars in two rows. The red is the color of Castile, to which Madrid was a part. The seven stars come from the coat of arms of the city of Madrid.
Flag of Melilla	2: 3	Melilla	Melilla coat of arms	The flag of Melilla shows the coat of arms of the city of Melilla in the middle. The " Pillars of Hercules " are shown to the left and right of the shield .
Flag of the Murcia region	2: 3	Murcia	Coat of arms of the Murcia region	The flag of Murcia is monochrome crimson and shows four golden castles in the upper corner and seven golden crowns in the billowing part. The four castles refer to Castile, because Murcia was a Castilian kingdom. The four castles represent the four landscapes of Murcia. The seven crowns are reminiscent of the seven Castilian kingdoms.
Flag of Navarre	2: 3	Navarre	Navarre coat of arms	The flag of Navarre is solid red and shows the historical coat of arms of Navarre in the middle. Above it the crown of the Kingdom of Navarre . The coat of arms dates from the 13th century and shows gold chains on a red background and a green emerald in the middle. The chains that protected the camp of Caliph Muhammad an-Nasir during the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa and that, according to legend , were broken by King Sancho VII of Navarre himself, are represented; the green emerald is said to come from the caliph's turban.
Valencia Region Flag	1: 2	Valencia	Coat of arms of the Valencian Community	The flag of Valencia goes back to the historical flag of Aragon and shows four horizontal red stripes on a gold background and on the left side (flagpole) a gold-decorated vertical blue bar. The Crest is the extended arms of Aragon of 1150. In four red gold piles . A red-tongued golden dragon grows out of the gold crown on the helmet on the right . The blue and red helmet cover marks a pointed silver cross .