The coat of arms and the flag of the Municipality of Bitola were adopted at a session of the Council of the Municipality of Bitola held on 21.03.2006.
The coat of arms of the Municipality of Bitola visually and heraldically expresses and reflects the spiritual and material heritage of Bitola. In the upper part of the coat of arms, a continuous golden frieze is depicted on a blue background, symbolizing the rich and deep history of the city.
The centrally positioned red-and-gold shield of the new coat of arms represents contemporary Bitola, the rise of its urban, spiritual, and material culture. At the same time, with its visual structure, it also evokes the sunlit peaks of the Pelister pine trees and the golden grain fields of Pelagonia.
With its spherical lower part, the coat of arms alludes to the white ancient theater in Heraclea.
The blue color symbolizes civil society and democracy.
The red color symbolizes life and tradition.
The yellow color symbolizes spiritual wealth and its power, while white is a metaphor for moral purity and ethics.
The coat of arms of the Municipality of Bitola is a conceptual design by the architects Vladimir Porojević and Kostadin Tanev – Dinka from Skopje.
Old coat of arms of the Municipality of Bitola (1944–2006)
On a white background are placed a traditional folk costume, the clock tower with Mount Baba, a column from Heraclea, a gear wheel as a symbol of industry, and flowing water representing the Dragor River. In the upper part is inscribed the date of the liberation of Bitola, above which is a five-pointed star as a symbol of socialism.
