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Municipality of Gójar (Andalusia, Spain)

Granada Province

image from municipal website

Introduction
Description

See also:

Granada Province (Andalusia, Spain)
Andalusia (Spain)
Spain

Introduction

The municipality of Gójar (5,096 inhabitants in 2008; 1,200 ha) is located 6 km south of Granada. According to Enríquez de Jorquera ("Anales del Reino de Granada"), Gójar was founded by the Moors at an unknown date and conquerred during the campaign of the Catholic Kings that ended with the seizure of Granada in 1492.

Ivan Sache, 13 Jul 2009

Description

The new flag and coat of arms of the municipality of Gójar (located 6 km south of Granada, Andalusia, Spain) will be unveiled in a public ceremony scheduled to Saturday 30 September 2006, at 8 PM. After the presentation of the coat of arms and the hoisting of the flag, a drink will be offerred to the members of the audience.

Source: Granada Digital, 28 Sep 2006

The flag of Gójar is horizontally divided blue-white-green (2:1:2) with the municipal coat of arms in the middle. The top of the shield lies close to the upper border of the white stripe, whereas the crown surmonting it is completely embedded into the blue stripe. Large images of the flag and arms can be downloaded from consorciosierranevadavegasur.es.

Ivan Sache, 29 Sep 2006

The flag and arms of Gójar were approved by the Municipal Council on 24 February 2006 and submitted on 1 March 2006 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 7 March 2006, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 54 on 21 March 2006.

The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:

Coat of arms: Or, on fesses wavy argent and azure a mount vert with a two-pointed top, charged with an olive tree or in chief two pomegranates vert faceted gules. The shield surmounted with a Royal Spanish crown closed.

Flag: Panel in proportions 3/2 (length per hoist), divided in three horizontal stripes, the first and the third twice larger than the central, blue, white and green, respectively. In the middle of the panel the municipal coat of arms.

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. 54, p. 62, 21 Mar 2006

The symbols were inaugurated on 30 September 2006, as reported in "Ideal," 30 Sep 2006.

Ivan Sache, 13 Jul 2009