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The municipality of Valdilecha (2,852 inhabitants in 2014; 4,248 ha; municipal website) is located in the south-west of the Community of Madrid, 40 km of Madrid.
Valdilecha is named for the Latin words vallis, "a valley", and dilectum, "selected". The village was first documented in a document signed in 1190 in Palencia by King Alfonso VIII; remains of the primitive Mudéjar church of the village (13th century) have been preserved, namely paintings in the apse.
Valdilecha was granted the title of villa in 1556 by Philip II.
Ivan Sache, 3 August 2015
The flag of Valdilecha (photos) is prescribed by a Decree adopted on 19 April 1990 by the Government of the Community of Madrid and published on 17 July 1990 in the Spanish official gazette, No. 170, p. 20,724 (text).
The flag is described as follows:
Flag: Panel in proportions 2:3, olive green with the municipal coat of arms in the center (coat of arms approved on 20 March 1986 by the Government of the Community of Madrid)
The Royal Academy of History validated the proposed flag, "without any inconvenience".
[Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia, 1989, 186:3, 475]
The coat of arms of Valdilecha is prescribed by a Decree adopted on 20 March 1986 by the Government of the Community of Madrid and published on 12 April 1986 in the official gazette of the Community of Madrid, No. 86, p. 1 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:
Coat of arms: Per fess, 1a. Or a branch of olive vert, 1b. Or a Mudéjar window gules masoned argent, 2. Argent waves azure and argent between two mounts vert. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.
Olive tree is the main crop in the municipality. The window is modelled on a Mudéjar, lobulate window of the apse of the St. Martin church. The lower part of the shield represents the valley and the plain.
[Municipal website]
Ivan Sache, 3 August 2015