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.

Flag of Istria County since 2002

Historical flags edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1994 – 2002 Flag of Istria County Never 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.

Yugoslav period edit

Flag Date Use
  1969 – 1990 Flag of Municipality of Pula
  1976 – 1993 Flag of Municipality of Buje
  1921 – 1993 Flag of Municipality of Labin

Flags of cities and municipalities edit

Cities in Croatian Istria edit

Flag Date Use County
  1993 – present Flag of Buje - Buie Istria County
  1993 – present Flag of Buzet Istria County
  1995 – present Flag of Novigrad - Cittanova Istria County
  1993 – present Flag of Labin Istria County
  1998 – present Flag of Opatija Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
  1993 – present Flag of Poreč - Parenzo Istria County
  1994 – present Flag of Pazin Istria County
  1993 – present Flag of Pula - Pola Istria County
  1996 – present Flag of Rovinj - Rovigno Istria County
  1993 – present Flag of Umag - Umago Istria County
  1995 – present Flag of Vodnjan - Dignano Istria County

Slovenia edit

Flag Date Use Region
  1997 - present Flag of Koper Slovene Istria

Italy edit

Flag Date Use Region
  Unknown Flag of Muggia Friuli-Venezia Giulia

References edit