Vir (Zadar, Croatia)

Opc'ina Vir

Last modified: 2005-03-26 by dov gutterman
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Coat of Arms
by Željko Heimer, 17 July 2004

• Overview

See also:

• Zadar County
• Croatia

Other sites:

• Collection of Croatian Local Flags at FAME

Overview

Vir is a community in the Zadar County, on an island of the same name in the northwest end of the county, connected with the mainland with a bridge. It has less then 1,000 inhabitants, but in the summer this number rises drastically when tourist overwhelm the coast.
The Coat of Arms found Ivan Grbac somewhere on the Net in 2003. The style of Heraldic-art is obvious (the design is identical to the same charges in the arms of Tounj, so there is a flag and a ceremonial flag to go with it, we
could be sure, but yet no info.
The coat of arms of Vir is: Azure a head of John the Baptist argent on a plate or
Željko Heimer, 17 July 2004