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The municipality of Kos (33,388 inhabitants in 2011, 28,720 ha) was formed in the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities of Dikaios (Δίκαιος, 6,094 inh.), Irakleides (Ηρακλείδες, 6,963 inh.) and Kos (19,432 inh.).
Olivier Touzeau, 11 September 2013
![[Emblem of Kos]](../images/g/gr-ai)ko.gif)
image by António Martins, 18 October 2023
The current emblem of the municipality can be seen on Facebook here. It was adopted back in 2019, according to https://www.kosnews24.gr/politika/item/249495-to-logotypo-tou-dimou-ko-to-opoio-dimioyrgise-o-david-karathomas-apo-to-pyli-i-parousiasi-sto-xani.
Paraskevas Renesis, 17 September 2023
![[Flag of Kos]](../images/g/gr-ai-ko.gif)
image by Olivier Touzeau, 31 March 2012
The new flag of the municipality of Kos was hoisted for the first time (photo) on 5 March 2012.
According to the Mayor, the "shape" of the flag contains the letters "K" and "O," for Kos. The yellow colour stands for stability but also for rage for the situation we have come to, while the red colour stands for fighting spirit, liveliness, and militant mood.
The emblem on the flag (image) is not a new one, dating back to the Italian occupation administration. The emblem contains a "staff of Asclepius,"* two snakes, for Asclepius and Hippocrates, and a bunch of grapes for the island's abundance of "goods."
The Mayor already talked about the possibility of changing the colours (the controversial element of the flag) but not the design.
Paraskevas Renesis, 8 March 2012
*This is not a staff of Asclepius, which has a single snake wrapped around a unadorned staff, but is rather a caduceus.
Chris Southworth, 8 March 2012
Is there anything in particular controversial about the colours, or are they simply not Greek enough? Going to the articles now, I see one mentions the Soviet Union and another Skopje, and there are links to articles picturing blue and white suggestions.
Jonathan Dixon, 13 March 2012
Or is it the other way around? I mean the shape of the letters on the flag? Looking at the flag above, I can see the shape of a "Κ," vaguely, and that of an "Ο" — but shouln’t it be an "Ω" instead?
António Martins, 15 September 2023
![[Unofficial variant of flag of Kos]](../images/g/gr-ai!ko.gif)
image by António Martins, 18 October 2023
A local lawyer who was an opponent of the flag managed in mid-2013 to patent it in his name. As a result the then municipal authority added six stars for the municipality's six local communities and this time patented the new version (photo, photo).
Paraskevas Renesis, 22 March 2015
Sadly none of the three URLs offered by Paraskevas is online any longer, nor archived.
The current municipal website (which reads like a cheesy tourist brochure) uses a stylish typographic logo that can be read as either "KOS" or "ΚΩ" (the omega shaped as "O̰"). It waouldn’t look too bad on a flag, as logos go.
António Martins, 15 September 2023
The flag with the stars can be seen here, here, and here.
Paraskevas Renesis, 17 September 2023
Ah, so that’s where they put the stars on: in red, in an arc on the thinner part of the yellow area — clever! Interesting that such a minor change is acceptable as a new design by the Patents Office, free from the protection given by the previous patent given to the version without stars. Clearly patent law is even less useful than copyright law, which at least attempts at legislate what derivatives are (in a sinister way that stiffles creativity, but at least competently).
António Martins, 18 October 2023
![[Flag]](../images/g/gr-ai-k1.gif)
image by Olivier Touzeau, 11 September 2013
The seat of the municipality of Dikaios was in Zipari (Ζηπάρι, 2,355 inh.). Its flag (Kokkonis website) was white with the municipal emblem.
Olivier Touzeau, 11 September 2013
![[Flag]](../images/g/gr-ai-k2.gif)
image by Olivier Touzeau, 4 October 2013
The seat of the municipality of Irakleides was in Antimacheia (Αντιμάχεια, 2,205 inh.). Its flag (Kokkonis website) was light pink with the municipal emblem, which features Heracles (Ηρακλής).
Olivier Touzeau, 4 October 2013