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Flag of Sveti Ilija - Image by Željko Heimer, 3 December 2013
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The Municipality of Sveti Ilija (3,532 inhabitants in 2001, 544 inhabitants in the village of Sveti Ilija) is located some 20 km south of Varaždin, in a hilly, wine-producing region.
Željko Heimer, 17 February 2003
The symbols of Sveti Ilija are described in the Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Sveti Ilija, adopted on 10 April 2013 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 12 April 2013 in the County official gazette Službeni vjesnik Varaždinske županije, No. 25 (text).
The flag is described in Article 5 of the Statutes as follows:
The flag of the Municipality of Sveti Ilija is made in proportions 1:2 and it is coloured blue.
In the middle, central part of the flag is the coat of arms of the Municipality of Sveti Ilija, made in accdordance with the heraldic description.
Željko Heimer, 1 November 2013
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Coat of arms of Sveti Ilija - Image by Željko Heimer, 3 December 2013
The coat of arms of Sveti Ilija is described in Article 5 of the Statutes as follows:
The coat of arms is in a shield shape, divided into four fields.
The shield is divided vertically by a golden thunderbolt and horizontally by two hands clasping each other in greeting. In the first and fourth fields, on a red background, stands a bunch of green grapes, in the centre of the second and third fields, of green colour, runs a horizontal wavy bar.
Željko Heimer, 1 November 2013
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Table flag of Sveti Ilija - Image by Željko Heimer, 3 December 2013, after a photo (Općinski list, No. 20, December 2000 [PDF], p. 12)
Željko Heimer, 1 November 2013
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Earlier flag and arms of Sveti Ilija - Images by Željko Heimer, 17 February 2003
The flag of Sveti Ilija, as displayed in the Assembly Hall of Varaždin County (photo), is in proportions 1:2, horizontally divided blue-yellow-green with the coat of arms in the middle.
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Earlier flag of Sveti Ilija, reverse and obverse (reconstruction) - Images by Željko Heimer, 3 December 2013
The flag was, probably, originally prescribed with two different sizes, the reverse featuring a depiction of St. Elijah (image).
Željko Heimer, 1 November 2013
