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Municipality of Elda (Alicante Province, Valencian Community, Spain)

Vinalopó Medio County

image by Jose Antonio Jimenez Ruiz, 12 May 2009

Introduction
Description
Coat of Arms

See also:

Alicante / Alacant Province (Valencian Community, Spain)
Valencian Community (Spain)
Spain

Introduction

In the province of Alicante, there are several municipalities that have a monocoloured flag with the municipal CoA in the center. Elda (45,79 km² and 55.174 hab) is a municipality in the comarca of Vinalopó Medio in the Valencian Community, Spain.

Jose Antonio Jimenez Ruiz, 12 May 2009

Description

Elda utiliza un paño multicolor, esta vez rojo, con el escudo en su centro y a la que se atribuye una gran antiguedad. Las armas son: gules, un lienzo de muralla flanqueado por dos torres almenadas y donjonadas de su color natural, puertad adjuradas de sable y en jefe una lis de plata; al timbre coronel abierto y va orlado de sendas ramas de palma y de olivo atadas de gules en punta.

La flor de lis tiene su origen en haber tomado la ciudad el partido borbónico durante la Guerra de Secesión, al revés que casi todas las ciudades valencianas, que acostumbraron luchar a favor del Archiduque de Austria.

Source: BANDERAS 16, Sep 1985, SEV [t2p85a]

Jose Antonio Jimenez Ruiz, 12 May 2009

"The flag of Elda, said to be very old, is red with the coat of arms in the middle. The arms are Gules a facade wall flanked by two towers crenellated proper, open portals sable and in chief a fleur-de-lis argent. The shield surmounted by an open crown and flanked by branches of palm and olive tied gules in base.

The fleur-de-lis recalls that the town took the Bourbon part during the War of the Spanish Succession, as opposed to most Valencian towns, which had joined the party of the Archduke of Austria."

translated by Ivan Sache, 12 May 2009

Coat of Arms

image by Jose Antonio Jimenez Ruiz, 12 May 2009