Aceituna (Municipality, Extremadura, Spain)

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Flag of Aceituna - Image by Ivan Sache, 19 March 2020

• Presentation of Aceituna
• Flag of Aceituna

See also:

• Spain
• Extremadura (Autonomous Community, Spain)
• Province of Cáceres (Extremadura, Autonomous Community, Spain)

Presentation of Aceituna

The municipality of Aceituna (607 inhabitants in 2018; 4,000 ha) is located 100 km north of Cáceres and 40 km north-west of Plasencia.

Ivan Sache, 19 March 2020

Flag of Aceituna

The flag and arms of Aceituna, adopted on 1 December 1992 and 27 April 1993 by the Municipal Council and validated on 23 March and 25 May 1993 by the Assessing Council of Honors and Distinctions of the Government of Extremadura, are prescribed by an Order issued on 3 June 1993 by the Government of Extremadura and published on 17 June 1993 in the official gazette of Extremadura, No. 71, pp. 1,776-1,778 (text).
The symbols are described as follows:

Flag: Rectangular, in proportions 2:3, made of a white panel with a green diagonal stripe from the hoist's upper angle to the fly's lower angle, charged in the center with the municipal coat of arms.
Coat of arms: Argent a branch of olive [aceituna] fructed vert. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.

Ivan Sache, 19 March 2020