Cantabria

Cantabria
Country	Spain
Flag of Cantabria
Adopted	December 22, 1984
Wikipedia article

The colours of the official flag of Cantabria (Spain), which is the symbol of the region, are established in the very text of the Autonomy Statute. Only the characteristics of the coat of arms that was to feature in the regional flag were left to specify, which was carried out by a Law of the Regional Assembly, approved on 22 December 1984. From that moment on, the flag of Cantabria is made up of two horizontal stripes of equal width, white on the top and red on the bottom, and the regional coat of arms in its centre. The flag design is heir to the ship registration flag of the maritime province of Santander, assigned by Royal Order of 30 July 1845.

Historical flags

The Cantabrian labarum (Cantabrian: lábaru cántabru or Spanish: lábaro cántabro) is a modern interpretation of the ancient military standard known by the Romans as Cantabrum.

Royal flag of Ramiro I (842-850), direct descendant of Pedro of Cantabria, used as the standard of the Kingdom of Asturias.

Flag of the Cantabrian Division used under the Spanish Crown until 1809,​ with the Cantabrian labarum in its corners.

Flag of the maritime "province of Santander" (Started to be used in the 18th Century, officially since 1845)

Pre-autonomous flag of Cantabria with the shield of the former Provincial Council of Santander, occasionally used informally until the approval of the autonomous shield in 1984

Current Cantabria flag, approved in 1984.

Current version of the Cantabrian Labarum. In 2016, the Parliament of Cantabria recognized it as an "identity symbol of the Cantabrian people", although without replacing the official flag of Cantabria.

Flag Redesigns

ADIC (Asociación de Defensa de los Intereses de Cantabria, Association for the Defense of the Interests of Cantabria) flag, proposed in the transition (1978-1984) as the official flag of Cantabria along with the labarum and the current red-and-white flag.

Second ADIC flag proposal.

Modern and alternative version of the Cantabrian labarum, used mainly to make the Cantabrian culture visible.

Flag proposed by Hans.