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Municipality of Alfarnatejo (Andalusia, Spain)

Málaga Province

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image by Ivan Sache, coat of arms from webmalaga.com, 13 Jul 2009

Introduction
Description

See also:

Málaga Province (Andalusia, Spain)
Andalusia (Spain)
Spain

Introduction

The municipality of Alfarnatejo (516 inhabitants; 2,000 ha) is located 50 km north-east of Málaga, in a mountainous region known as the "Southern Pyrenees."

Remains found in the defiles of river Sabor show that the region of Alfarnatejo was already settled in the Neolithic. During the Moorish period, the tops of the Altos del Fraile (1,222 m asl) formed a convenient watch post; some historians believe that the castle of Sabor was built there and that the village of Alfarnatejo developed under the protection of the castle.

Source: Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 13 Jan 2009

Description

The flag and arms of Alfarnatejo were approved by the Municipal Council on 13 October 2006 and submitted on 25 October 2006 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 2 November 2006, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 223 on 17 November 2006.

The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:

Coat of arms:
Spanish shield, divided per fess:
1. Azure a mill argent port and windows azure flanked dexter with a noria argent.
2. Gules a badger statant argent with a mask sable.
The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.

Flag: Panel in proportions 2/3 (hoist per length), horizontally divided in two equal stripes, the first red and the second blue. In the middle 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. 223, p. 24, 17 Nov 2006

The badger, in Spanish "tejón," is canting for the nickname of the inhabitants of the village, "tejones" (most probably a short form of "alfarnatejones").

Ivan Sache, 13 Jan 2009