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Municipality of Cuevas del Campo (Granada Province, Andalusia, Spain)

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Introduction
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Introduction

The municipality of Cuevas del Campo (2,131 inhabitants in 2008; 9,700 ha) is located 130 km north-east of Granada, on the border with the Province of Jaén. Originally a farmers' hamlet known as "Campo de los Aljibes" (The Field of the Water Tanks, refering to tanks built in 16th century by the Moors, rather than by the Romans), then a village named in the 19th century "Cuevas del Campo de los Aljibas" (refering to the traditional cave dwellings), the village seceded on 21 November 1980 (Royal Decree No. 2916) from the municipality of Zújar to form the municipality of Cuevas del Campo.

Ivan Sache, 11 Jul 2009

Description

The flag and arms of Cuevas del Campo were approved by the Municipal Council on 15 December 2005 and submitted on 10 January 2006 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 19 January 2006, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 22 on 2 February 2006.

The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:

Coat of arms: Shield quartered by cross and grafted in base.
1. Argent a mount vert charged with three caves argent.
2. Vert a couple of mules contourned pulling a swing plough all argent.
3. Vert two sheaves of wheat or placed per bend.
4. Or a key sable placed per bend. The base argent a pomegranate vert faceted gules leaved and slipped vert
The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.

- Flag: Rectangular flag in proportions 2:3, divided in two triangles by a diagonal ascending from lower hoist to upper fly, the triangle at hoist yellow with a vertical black key and the triangle at fly blue.

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. 22, p. 33, 02 Feb 2006

Ivan Sache, 11 Jul 2009