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Flag of Mirandilla - Image by Ivan Sache, 16 March 2020
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The municipality of Mirandilla (1,267 inhabitants in 2019; 4,160 ha; municipal website) is located 80 km east of Badajoz and 20 km north-east of Mérida.
Mirandilla is a place of ancient settlement, as evidenced by the orange grove located in La Atalaya, which is watered by a complex irrigation system attributed to the Romans, the Visigoths or the Arabs.
The village was re-settled either in the 13th century by colonists from Miranda de Ebro or in the 14th century by Portuguese colonists from Miranda do Douro. Its smaller original size explains the name of Mirandialla (Little Miranda). The neighboring hamlets of La Atalaya de Ramos and Muñina were subsequently incorporated to the village, increasing its size.
Mirandilla was part of the Community of the Town and Land of Mérida.
Ivan Sache, 16 March 2020
The flag and arms of Mirandilla, adopted on 11 April and 6 October 1997
by the Municipal Council and validated on 16 July 1997 and 17 October 1998 by the Assessing Council of Honors and Distinctions of the Government of Extremadura, are prescribed by an Order issued on 10 March 1998 by the Government of Extremadura and published on 16 April 1998 in the official gazette of Extremadura, No. 42, pp. 2,812-2,813 (text).
The symbols are described as follows:
Flag: Rectangular, in proportions 2:3. composed of three vertical stripes; the central white and twice longer as the other, which are green at hoist and red at fly. Charged in the center with the municipal coat of arms in full colors.
Coat of arms: Quarterly, 1. Argent a watch tower gules masoned sble port and windows vert on a base sable, 2. Argent an orange-tree fructed proper trunked vert, 3. Or three gyrons gules, 4. Gules argent a Cross of Saint James. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.
Ivan Sache, 16 March 2020