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Flag of Villahermosa - Image by Ivan Sache, 9 June 2019
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The municipality of Villahermosa (1,854 inhabitants in 2018; 36,301 ha) is located on the border with the Province of Albacete, 120 km east of Ciudad Real and 100 km south-west of Albacete.
Ivan Sache, 9 June 2019
The flag of Villahermosa (photo,
photo) is prescribed by an Order issued on 9 March
1993 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 17 March
1993 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 20, p. 1,377 (text).
The flag is described as follows:
Flag: Rectangular, in proportions 2:3, vertically divided in three equal parts, at hoist, red, the central, white, and at fly, celestial blue. In the center is placed the crowned coat of arms of the municipality.
The coat of arms of Villahermosa is prescribed by an Order issued on 9 March
1993 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 17 March
1993 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 20, p. 1,377 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:
Flag: Traditional shield. Gules three scallops or. The shield surmounted by a Spanish Royal crown.
Villahermosa, formerly known as Pozuelo, was granted the status of
villa on 22 September 1444 by Infante Henry of Aragón, Master of the
Order of Saint James, separating from Montiel, and a coat of arms featuring three scallops, a symbolic antonomasia of the Order of Saint James.
The arms were, therefore, used long before their official registration
("immemorial use").
[Ramón José Maldonado y Cocat. 1973. Heráldica municipal de la provincia de
Ciudad Real. Cuadernos de Estudios Manchegos 4, 84-109]
Ivan Sache, 9 June 2019