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The municipality of Campos (10,418 inhabitants in 2017; 14,949 ha) is located 40 km south-east of Palma de Mallorca.The municipality is made of the town of Campos (8,801 inh.) and of the villages of Ses Covetes (54 inh.), Es Palmer (14 inh.), Sa Ràpita (859 inh.), Sa Sorda (4 inh.), Dalt Sa Ràpita (99 inh.) and Sa Vinyola (75 inh.).
Ivan Sache, 12 March 2018
The flag of Campos is prescribed by a Resolution adopted on 22 October
2001 by the Majorca Insular Council, promulgated on 31 October 2001 by
the President of the Council and published on 11 December 2001 in the
Spanish official gazette, No. 296, p. 46,403. (text).
The flag is described as follows:
Flag: The flag of Campos shall be rectangular on a background matching at best the soil of the municipality, that is, red, charged in the center with the coat of arms, described in a separate document as follows: A bear standing or rampant looking at left and surmounted by a Royal crown. The colors shall be brown reddish for the bear and silver gray for the background.
The coat of arms of Campos is prescribed by a Resolution adopted on 22 October
2001 by the Majorca Insular Council, promulgated on 31 October 2001 by
the President of the Council and published on 11 December 2001 in the
Spanish official gazette, No. 296, p. 46,403. (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:
Coat of arms: A bear standing or rampant looking at left. The colors shall be brown reddish for the bear and silver gray for the background, with a lilac orle.
The adoption of the bear as the charge of the municipal coat of arms
stirred some discussion.
The coat of arms engraved on the facade of the Town Hall, dated 1642,
rather features a wild dog, that is, a wolf. One of the oldest religious
buildings of Campos is the chapel dedicated to St. Blasius, erected in
the 13th century. St. Blasius was the traditional protector of throat,
since the saint is said to have saved a child who had swallowed a fish
bone. The legend further reports that St. Blasius forced a wolf to spit
out a pig he had eaten. Accordingly, St. Blasius' iconographical symbol
is a wolf.
[Territorio del Chamán, 3 July 2008]
Ivan Sache, 12 March 2018