The flag that serves as the symbol of

Ursynów Ursynów () is a district of the city of Warsaw, Poland. It has an area of 43.79 km2 (16.88 sq mi), and in 2023, it was inhabited by 149,775 people, making it the 5th most populous and 3rd largest district of the city. Located in its western ...

, a quarter of the city of

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

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, is divided into 3 horizontal stripes:

navy blue Navy blue is a dark shade of the color blue. Navy blue got its name from the dark blue (contrasted with naval white) worn by officers in the Royal Navy since 1748 and subsequently adopted by other navies around the world. When this color name, ...

, yellow, and red, with the blue stripe being bigger than the remaining two. The flag was established on 14 February 1995, as the symbol of the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

of Warsaw–Ursynów, and since 27 October 2002, served as the symbol of the district of

, that replaced the municipality.

Design

The flag of

is divided into 3 horizontal stripes, that are, from the top to bottom,

, yellow, and red. The

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of the height to the width of the flag, was described in the establishing resolution as 100:99, although in practice, such proportions aren't used. Instead, the flag is usually given the shape of a wider rectangle, with the proportions equal to 5:8. The proportion of the stripes to each other was described as equal to 26:7:7, however, those proportions also remain unused in practice. Instead, the flag is usually presented with a blue stripe two times bigger than the remaining two stripes, with the proportion equal to 2:1:1.Jacek Skorupski:
Flagi w Warszawie
'; In: ''Flaga. Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Weksykologicznego'', vol. 12, p. 15, December 2000. Polskie Towarzystwo Weksykologiczne. ISSN 1509-2429. The yellow and red stripes reference the

flag of Warsaw The flag of the city of Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is a bicolour rectangle, divided into two equally-sized horizontal stripes: yellow at the top, and red at the bottom. It began being used in 1938 without official status, and was officially a ...

, while the meaning behind the blue stripe remains unknown.

History

The flag was adopted on 14 February 1995, as the flag of the

of Warsaw–Ursynów. On 27 October 2002, the municipality was replaced by the quarter of

, that continues to use the flag to the present day.
Ustawa z dnia 19 lipca 2002 r. o zmianie ustawy o ustroju miasta stołecznego Warszawy
', Warsaw: 19 July 2002; In: ''2002 Journal of Laws of Poland'', no. 127, position 1087, Warsaw: 2002.

References

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