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Matulji (Municipality, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia)

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[Municipality flag]

Flag of Matulji - Image by Željko Heimer, 29 July 2013


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Presentation of Matulji

The Municipality of Matulji (10,544 inhabitants in 2001, 3,570 in the town of Matulji) is located less than 10 km west of Rijeka just above the Town of Opatija.

Željko Heimer, 16 July 2003


Flag of Matulji

The symbols of Matulji are prescribed by Decision Odluka o grbu i zastavi Općine Matulji, adopted on 1 April 1997 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 11 April 1997 in the County official gazette Službene novine Primorsko-goranske županije, No. 7.
The Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Matulji, adopted on 10 October 2001 by the Municipality Assembly and published the same day in Službene novine Primorsko-goranske županije, No. 24, describe the symbols. The descriptions are repeated in the current Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Matulji, adopted on 9 July 2009 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 15 July 2009 in Službene novine Primorsko-goranske županije, No. 26.

The ceremonial flag is prescribed to be determined "at a further date".

The symbols were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. company, from Rijeka.

The flag is in proportions 1:2, dark blue with the coat of arms, bordered yellow, in the middle.

Željko Heimer & Robert Grubiša, 7 December 2009


Coat of arms of Matulji

[Municipality coat of arms]

Coat of arms of Matulji - Image by Željko Heimer, 29 July 2013

The coat of arms is "Azure a pall argent between three bells or".
Matulji developed as the railway station for Opatija. The pall in the arms probably refers to the importance of transportation for the place.

Željko Heimer, 14 July 2003


Ceremonial flag of Matulji

[Flag]

Ceremonial flag of Matulji - Image by Željko Heimer, 29 July 2013

The ceremonial flag (photos) is a light blue gonfalon with triangular fly ending with golden fringe, the coat of arms in the centre, the name of the municipality in two arches above and branches of beech and oak beneath.

Željko Heimer, 29 July 2013