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Jura canton (Switzerland)

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[Flag of Jura]
by T.F. Mills
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Description of the flag

 Per pale argent and gules; 1: a bishop's crozier countercoloured; 2: three bars argent.

Divided vertically into equal parts white (hoist) and red (fly). In the hoist is a red bishop's crozier with crook turned toward the staff, and in the fly three horizontal white bands. A frequent error shows black fimbriation on the palar line as well as outlining the crozier and separating the stripes.

T.F. Mills, 05 November 1997

Symbolism of the flag

 The red and white colours and the bishop's crozier symbolise the bishopric of Basel which had jurisdiction over Jura from the 14th century to 1815. The seven stripes in the fly represent the districts of Jura, and since only three voted to join the new canton, the three white ones came to represent Porrentruy, Delémont, and Les Franches-Montagnes.

T.F. Mills, 05 November 1997

The flag of Jura canton has seven stripes, representing the seven districts which were recognized as the Jurassian people by the Bernese constitution in 1950. Those were: Ajoie, Delémont, Franches-Montagnes, Moutier, Courtelary, La Neuveville and Laufen.

Pascal Monney, 05 February 1998