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According to the legislation on the local subdivisions (1997) every municipality is entitled to adopt its own coat of arms and flag. Therefore, all municipalities that have adopted a coat of arms, as a rule, adopted also a flag. In most cases it was a monocoloured flag (mostly red) with the coat of arms in the middle.
Jovan Jonovski, 9 September 2001
Article 10.
Coats of arms and flags of the municipalities.
(1) A municipality may have its coat of arms and its flag.
(2) The coat of arms and the flag of a municipality (henceforward: The
coat of arms and the flag), are different from the coat of arms and the
flag of the Republic of Macedonia and different from the coats of arms
and the flags of other municipalities and the City of Skopje.
(3) The coat of arms and the flag are different also from the coats
of arms and the flags of an other state, a unit of local self-
government in an other state and an international organization.
(4) The mode and procedure to determine the coat of arms and the flag
are prescribed in the statutes [of each local unit].
(5) The Ministry responsible for the local self-government shall
maintain the register of the coats of arms and the flags of the
municipalities in the Republic of Macedonia.
(6) The coat of arms and the flag may be used after they are registered
in the register from paragraph (5) of this article.
(7) The Minister responsible for the local self-government shall
prescribe the contents and maintenance rules for the maintenance of
the register from paragraph (5) of the article.
Translated by Željko Heimer, 22 June 2002
There are currently 84 municipalities (opštini) in Macedonia, as listed on the website of the Ministry of Local Self-Government. The Law on Territorial Organization passed on 11 August 2004 and published in the official gazette on 16 August 2004 abolished the previous 123 municipalities established by the Law on Territorial Division in September 1996.
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Aerodrom* Aračinovo (Harachinë)* Berovo Bitola Bogdanci* Bogovinje Bosilovo* Brvenica* Butel* Centar* Centar Župa Čair Čaška* Češinovo-Oblešovo Čučer-Sandevo Debar Debarca Delčevo* Demir Hisar Demir Kapija* Dojran |
Dolneni* Drugovo Gjorče Petrov* Gazi Baba* Gevgelija Gostivar* Gradsko* Ilinden* Jegunovce* Karbinci Karpoš* Kavadarci Kičevo* Kisela Voda* Kočani Konče Kratovo Kriva Palanka Krivogaštani Kruševo Kumanovo |
Lipkovo* Lozovo Makedonska Kamenica Makedonski Brod Mavrovo and Rostuša Mogila Negotino* Novaci Novo Selo Ohrid* Oslomej Pehčevo Petrovec Plasnica* Prilep Probištip Radoviš Rankovce Resen Rosoman Saraj |
Sopište Staro Nagoričane Struga* Strumica* Studeničani Sveti Nikole Štip Šuto Orizari* Tearce (Tearcë)* Tetovo (Tetova)* Valandovo Vasilevo Veles* Vevčani Vinica Vraneštica Vrapčište* Zajas Zelenikovo Zrnovci Želino |
(Information on the flag is available for the municipalities marked with an asterisk.)
Ivan Sache, 5 June 2006
An earlier page of the website of the Ministry of Local Self-Government (no longer available) showed the flags of some municipalities. Some of those municipalities have lost their status in August 2004 and it is not known if they still use the flags shown on the source website:
Ivan Sache, 5 June 2006