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The municipality of Bayárcal (317 inhabitants in 2008; 3,700 ha) is located 85 km north-west of Almería, on the border with the Province of Granada. Located in the Sierra Nevada at an elevation of 1,258 m asl, Bayárcal is the highest municipality in the Province of Almería.
Bayárcal was in the Moorish time a strategic village controlling the access to the Ragua Pass, linking the Provinces of Almería and Granada. Moorish remains have been incorporated into subsequent buildings, for instance a Nasrid arch forming the cemetary ossuary and arcades reused in a priovate house. The castle of Yniza was once the seat of a Marquisate.
Source: Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 10 Jul 2009
The flag and arms of Bayárcal were approved by the Municipal Council on 20 June 2006 and submitted on 31 July 2006 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 29 August 2006, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 175 on 8 September 2006.
The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:
Coat of arms: Spanish shield; mantelé vert, a castle argent masoned sable port and windows vert standing on fesses wavy argent and azure. A mantel azure two mounts argent surmounted dexter with a crescent of the same and sinister with a cross of the same. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.Flag: Panel in proportions 2/3, white with a green triangle placed along the hoist and reaching the middle of the hoist, with a blue crescent in the upper white triangle, a blue cross in the lower white triangle, and two white and blue stripes.
The symbols should be registered on the Andalusian Register of Local Entities, with their official written description and graphics (as originally submitted, but unfortunately not apprended to the Decree).
Source: BOJA No. 175, p. 43, 08 Sep 2006
Ivan Sache, 10 Jul 2009
The coat of arms is shown on Wikipedia, credited to "Miguillen."
Ivan Sache, 10 Jul 2009
