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Opuzen (Dubrovnik-Neretva, Croatia)

Grad Opuzen

image by Željko Heimer, 15 Febuary 2004

Overview
Coat of Arms

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Overview

Opuzen is a city half way between the point where Neretva flows into Croatia and its delta (i.e. between Metkovic and Ploce). There are about 3,600 inhabitants, some 2,800 in the city itself. The community was given city status in 1997. These symbols must have been adopted around the same time.
The coat of arms of Opuzen is argent a tower gules issuant from a boat azure. The boat here is an other appearance of the traditional boats and ships from Neretva river seen in several other coats of arms of the Neretva valley.
The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle.
Sources: Information Ivan Grbac, 23.10.2003. (coat of arms) and Tomislav Šipek, 03.01.2003. (flag)
Željko Heimer, 15 Febuary 2004

The web site of the city contains the Statutes of the city dopted on 12 October 2001, replacing the previous Statutes of 28 July 1997 (issued in Neretvanski glasnik 2/97).
The Article 4 describes the coat of arms and the flag: "The coat of arms of the City of Opuzen is the historical coat of arms of the City of Opuzen. The coat of arms of the City of Opuzen is semicircular shield argent. In the centre of it is a tower with cranelations and with seven (4+3) windows, gules. In the base of the tower is stylized "trupica" of Neretva azure. The coat of arms of the City of Opuzen is stylized version of the historical coat of arms of the City from the balcony of the City Hall.
The flag of the City of Opuzen is blue. The ratio is 1:2. In the centre of the flag is set the coat of arms of the City of Opuzen as described above."
Trupica is the name of a traditional boat used in the Neretva Delta (which is also shown in somewhat different stylization in the coat of arms of the County).
Željko Heimer, 23 July 2008

Coat of Arms

image by Željko Heimer, 15 Febuary 2004