City of Mataró (Catalonia, Spain)

Barcelona Province

Last modified: 2002-09-21 by santiago dotor
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by Eduardo Panizo, exported to GIF by Santiago Dotor

• Origins and Use
• Former Flag or Variant
• Les Santes Flag

See also:

• Mataró Maritime Province (1845-1894)
• Barcelona Province
• Spain

The old maritime province flag of Mataró was adopted some years ago by the municipality of Mataró (capital of the comarca or district of Maresme) but the Catalan government did not approve it because it is out of the legal rules for municipal flags (Catalan municipal flags must have one or several colours from the arms, but cannot have colours that are not in the arms). Despite that, the municipality uses the flag normally, without official status (apart from the city council's approval itself).

Jaume Ollé, 3 November 1999

Source: Banderas, #5, 1982.

Santiago Dotor, 20 July 2001

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by Eduardo Panizo, exported to GIF by Santiago Dotor

Source: Vexilla Catalana, #2, 1985.

Santiago Dotor, 20 July 2001

by Toni Braza

Mataró is my town, and it has another very important flag, that of Les Santes ["The Holy Women"].

Toni Braza, 14 February 2000