JULY 6, 2025 — The town of Mundaka in northern Spain’s Basque Country now has an official flag and coat of arms, following formal approval by the General Assembly of Biscay, reports Deia.
On June 18, the plenary session of the General Assembly ratified the adoption of the new municipal symbols, completing a process initiated by the local council in the previous year.
To create a unified and historically grounded design, the municipal government worked with a specialist in vexillology and heraldry.
“The goal was to design a coat of arms that would represent a part of Mundaka’s uniqueness, with features found nowhere else in Biscay,” municipal sources said.
The newly adopted flag follows established vexillological principles: it is simple, uses only two basic colors, avoids the inclusion of a coat of arms, and is easily distinguishable without causing confusion with other flags.
The rectangular flag is divided into four equal parts. The half closest to the hoist features red and white, while the half toward the fly displays white and red, forming a checkerboard pattern that mirrors the design of the coat of arms.
The coat of arms itself is described as follows: “In a field of gold, a green oak tree on a green terrace, with a black wolf passant, red-tongued; surrounded by a red and silver checkered border.”
The process culminated with approval from the Institutional, Good Governance and Transparency Commission, which then passed the proposal to the plenary session for final confirmation.
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