Biharkeresztes
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Nomenclature and Geography
Category: City / Municipality
Summary
About the place: Biharkeresztes is a town in Hajdú-Bihar county in eastern Hungary, located close to the border with Romania.
Flag Description: The flag consists of a white rectangular field bearing the town's coat of arms in its center. The coat of arms is a divided shield. The upper field is blue with a gold Latin cross topped with a globus cruciger and a gold star. The lower field is red with a green base, on which stands a golden sheaf of wheat, flanked by a silver coulter on the left and a silver sickle on the right from the viewer's perspective.
Symbolism: The cross in the upper portion represents the religious tradition and the town's name ('keresztes' means 'crossed' or 'crusader' in Hungarian). The sheaf of wheat, sickle, and coulter in the lower section symbolize the agricultural character of the region and the fertility of the land.
Flag Description: The flag consists of a white rectangular field bearing the town's coat of arms in its center. The coat of arms is a divided shield. The upper field is blue with a gold Latin cross topped with a globus cruciger and a gold star. The lower field is red with a green base, on which stands a golden sheaf of wheat, flanked by a silver coulter on the left and a silver sickle on the right from the viewer's perspective.
Symbolism: The cross in the upper portion represents the religious tradition and the town's name ('keresztes' means 'crossed' or 'crusader' in Hungarian). The sheaf of wheat, sickle, and coulter in the lower section symbolize the agricultural character of the region and the fertility of the land.
Statistics
Area
74.47 km²
Population
3,959