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Municipality of Benissa / Benisa (Alicante Province, Valencian Community, Spain)

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[Municipality of Benissa / Benisa (Alicante Province, Valencian Community, Spain)]
image by Jose Antonio Jimenez Ruiz, 15 May 2009

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Introduction

Benissa (Spanish: Benisa) is a municipality in the comarca of Marina Alta in the Valencian Community, Spain. (69,71 km² and 13.140 hab., 2008.) In the province of Alicante, there are several municipalities that have the Aragonese colours (four horizontal red stripes on a yellow background) with the municipal CoA in the center.

Jose Antonio Jimenez Ruiz, 15 May 2009

Description

Aprobación

Orden de 27 de febrero de 1990, de la Conselleria de Administración Pública. (DOGV núm. 1.273 de 28 de marzo de 1990 – BOE núm. 174 de 21 de julio de 1990).

Source: Escuts y Banderes dels Municipis de la Comunitat Valenciana 2003 [gva03]

Jose Antonio Jimenez Ruiz, 15 May 2009

Coat of Arms

[Municipality of Benissa / Benisa (Alicante Province, Valencian Community, Spain)]
image by Jose Antonio Jimenez Ruiz, 15 May 2009

Descripción

«En campo de oro, los palos de gules, cargados con el Blasón municipal en vigencia, según fue aprobado mediante Real Decreto 2189/1982, de 9 de julio.»

"On a golden field, bars of red, charged with the current municipal blazon, as approved by royal decree 2189 of Jul 09 1982."

Source: Escuts y Banderes dels Municipis de la Comunitat Valenciana 2003 [gva03]

Jose Antonio Jimenez Ruiz, translated by Eugene Ipavec, 15 & 16 May 2009