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The municipality of Lecrín (2,327 inhabitants in 2008; 4,050 ha), located 35 km south of Granada, was formed in October 1967 by the merging of the small municipalities of Acequias, Béznar (1971), El Chite, Mondújar, Murchas and Talará.
Ivan Sache, 27 Jun 2009
The flag and arms of Lecrín were approved by the Municipal Council on 21 November 2008 and submitted on 2 January 2009 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 13 January 2009, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 19 on 29 January 2009.
The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:
Coat of arms: Shield divided per fess grafted in base. 1. Vert a castle argent masoned sable port and windows of the field. In chief a musket argent the butt sinister in base the years 1967-1973, all argent. 2. Argent a tree eradicated vert fructed or. The base wavy azure and argent. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.Flag: Rectangular flag with proportions 2:3, made of two equal vertical stripes, green with a white castle masoned in black and with green openings at hoist, and seven euqal horizontal stripes, four white and three blue, at fly.
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. 19, p. 20, 29 Jan 2009
Ivan Sache, 27 Jun 2009