Cornwall

St Pirran’s Cross

Flag Type:  County Flag
Flag Date:  C19th
Flag Designer:  Traditional
Adoption Route:  Traditional
UK Design Code:  UNKG7400
Aspect Ratio:  3:5
Pantone® Colours:  Black, White
Certification:  Flag Institute Chief Vexillologist, Graham Bartram
Notes: 

The Cornwall Flag is a community flag proclaiming the unique identity of this historic English county.

The flag is a plain white cross on a black field, the Cross of Saint Piran.

St Piran (died c. 480) is the patron saint of tin-miners and the colours may represent white tin flowing from black ore.