Grazalema (Municipality, Andalusia, Spain)

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Flag of Grazalema, as seen on 12 November 2009 at Restaurant Mirador - Image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 December 2009

• Presentation of Grazalema
• Symbols of Grazalema

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• Spain
• Andalusia (Autonomous Community, Spain)
• Cádiz Province (Andalusia, Spain)

Presentation of Grazalema

The municipality of Grazalema (2,171 inhabitants in 2013; 12,241 ha; municipal website) is located 140 km north-east of Cádiz, on the border with the Seville Province.

Symbols of Grazalema

The flag of Grazalema, adopted on 9 March 1995 by the Municipal Council, is prescribed by Decree No. 285, adopted on 28 November 1995 by the Government of Andalusia and published on 23 March 1996 in the official gazette of Andalusia, No. 37, p. 2,975 (text). This was confirmed by a Decree adopted on 30 November 2004 by the Government of Andalusia and published on 20 December 2004 in the official gazette of Andalusia, No. 246, pp. 28,986-29,002 (text).
The flag is described as follows:

Flag: Bicolor flag, vertically divided into two equal parts, at hoist Andalusian green charged in the middle with the crowned coat of arms of Grazalema, at hoist white charged in the middle with a dark green Spanish fir. The dimensions of the flag shall be 2.50 m x 1.60 m.

The coat of arms of Grazalema is prescribed by Decree No. 413, adopted on 3 January 1966 by the Spanish Government and published on 22 February 1966 in the Spanish official gazette, No. 45, p. 2,176 (text). This was confirmed by a Decree adopted on 30 November 2004 by the Government of Andalusia and published on 20 December 2004 in the official gazette of Andalusia, No. 246, pp. 28,986-29,002 (text).
The "rehabilitated" coat of arms "of immemorial use", validated by the Royal Academy of History, is described as follows:

Coat of arms: Per pale, 1. Argent a lion rampant gules crowned or, 2. Or four pallets gules. A bordure azure charged with eight escutcheons or a fess azure. The shield surmounted by a Ducal crown.

The coat of arms belonged to the Ponce de León family, lord of the domain of the Seven Villages, which encompassed Villaluenga, Benaocaz, Ubrique, Archite, Cardela, Grazalema, and, subsequently, El Bosque.
[Símbolos de las Entidades Locales de Andalucía. Cádiz (PDF file)]

The flag in use does not feature the municipal coat of arms.

Klaus-Michael Schneider & Ivan Sache, 1 December 2009