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Municipality of Rubite (Granada Province, Andalusia, Spain)

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Introduction
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Introduction

The municipality of Rubite (439 inhabitants in 2008; 2,852 ha) is located part in the Alpujarra mountain and part on the Costa Tropical (therefore its nickname of "Alpujarra Balcony on the Sea"), 80 km south of Granada.

The name of Rubite comes from a Mozarab word meaning "wild blackberry." In the Nasrid period (13-15th centuries), Rubite was part of the "tahas" of Sahuk and Suhayl, renamed after the Christian reconquest Great and Little Cehel, respectively. The village was transferred in the 18th century to the Count of Cifuentes.

Source: Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 19 Jul 2009

Description

The flag and arms of Rubite were approved by the Municipal Council on 21 July 2004 and submitted on 30 March 2005 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 18 April 2005, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 87 on 6 May 2005.

The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:

Coat of arms: Argent a branch of blackberry leaved vert and fructed gules and a bunch of grapes vert, placed per fess. A chief serrated vert. A base per fess wavy azure The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.

Flag: Rectangular in proportions 2:3 made of a white diagonal stripe from the lower angle at hoist to the upper angle at fly, of 1/12 the hoist, forming a green triangle at hoist and a blue one 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 appended to the Decree).

Source: BOJA, No. 87, p. 44, 06 May 2005

Ivan Sache, 19 Jul 2009