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image by Ivan Sache and Wikipedia User:SanchoPanzaXXI, 30 Jun 2009
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The municipality of Ferreira (345 inhabitants in 2008; 4,314 ha) is located at the base of Sierra Nevada, 75 km east of Granada.
Probably named after iron deposits, the place was mentioned in the 12th century by the Arab geographer Al-Idrisi as a fortified place. Reconquested in 1489 by the Catholic Kings, Ferreira was a Morisco stronghold during the Alpujarra revolt (late 16th century); the revolted Moriscos were eventually expelled from Spain in 1586 and the area resettled by Christian colonists from all over Spain.
Source: Granada Tourism website
Ivan Sache, 30 Jun 2009
The flag of Ferreira was approved by the Municipal Council on 28 January 2008 and submitted on 18 February 2008 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed it by Decree on 27 February 2008, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 52 on 14 March 2008.
The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:
[Flag] - Panel in proportions 2/3 (hoist to length). Vertically divided into three stripes, the middle stripe green and twice longer than the other, the stripe at hoist white and the stripe at fly red; in the middle the heraldic municipal coat of arms.
The flag should be registered on the Andalusian Register of Local Entities, with its official written description and graphics (as originally submitted, but unfortunately not apprended to the Decree).
Source: BOJA, No. 52, p. 34, 14 Mar 2008
Ivan Sache, 30 Jun 2009
The coat of arms of Ferreira was confirmed by Decree of the General Directorate of Local Administration on 29 September 2004, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 202 on 15 October 2004.
The coat of arms is divided per fess with the upper half divided per pale; 1. Vert a bend gules fimbriated or; 2. Or a chestnut tree vert; 3. argent a tower sable. The shield surmounted with a Royal Spanish crown closed.
Source: ES Wikipedia report credited to "User:SanchoPanzaXXI"
Ivan Sache, 30 Jun 2009
The coat of arms of Ferreira was approved by the Municipal Council on 23 July 2004 and submitted on 21 September 2004 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed it by Decree on 29 September 2004, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 202 on 15 October 2004.
The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:
Shield divided per fess the upper half divided per pale; - In the first place or dexter canton appears a field vert and a bend gules fimbriated or; - In the second canton or sinister canton is found a field or with a chestnut tree vert; - In the third place, a tower in "sable shade" on a background argent; - And, finally, the shield shall be surmounted with the Royal Spanish crown closed [lengthy description omitted].
The flag should be registered on the Andalusian Register of Local Entities, with its official written description and graphics (as originally submitted, but unfortunately not apprended to the Decree).
Source: BOJA, No. 202, p. 22,985, 15 Oct 2004
Ivan Sache, 09 Aug 2009
