The flag of Hertfordshire is the flag of the English county of Hertfordshire. The flag is a banner of the arms of

Hertfordshire County Council Hertfordshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire, in England, the United Kingdom. After the 2021 election, it consists of 78 councillors, and is controlled by the Conservative Party, ...

. On 19 November 2008 the Council passed a resolution that the design is a fitting and proper emblem for the county and its people. The council subsequently registered the banner of arms as the flag of the county with the

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and it now appears on the latter's registry of local flags. The Flag Institute/ref> __TOC__

Flag design

The blue and white wavy lines, a traditional heraldic representation of a water course, symbolise the county's many rivers while the shield and hart are taken from the arms of the Borough of Hertford.www.civicheraldry.co.uk
It is a heraldic pun of Hart and ford. The Hart reclines on a yellow field, representing

Saint Alban Saint Alban (; la, Albanus) is venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr, for which reason he is considered to be the British protomartyr. Along with fellow Saints Julius and Aaron, Alban is one of three named martyrs rec ...

, the patron saint of Hertfordshire and first British martyr, whose

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is traditionally yellow on blue. The pantone colours for the flag are: *Blue 300 *White *Yellow 116 *Brown 70% 1405

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