Municipality of Valderrey (Leon Province, Castile and Leon, Spain)

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• Introduction
• Description
• Coat of Arms

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• León Province
• Castile and Leon
• Spain

The municipality of Valderrey (517 inhabitants in 2009; 6,023 ha) is located in the south of the Leon Province, 50 km from Leon. The municipality is made up of the villages of Barrientos, Bustos, Castrillo de las Piedras, Carral, Cuevas, Curillas, Matanza, Tejados and Valderrey proper (capital).

Ivan Sache, 13 Dec 2010

The flag and arms of Valderrey are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 24 June 2005 by the Municipal Council, signed by the Mayor on 5 July 2005 and published on 21 July 2005 in the official gazette of Castile and Leon, No. 141, p. 13,114. The symbols are described as follows:

Municipal flag: Rectangular flag, with proportions 2:3, made of nine equal horizontal stripes, five green and four white in turn, and a green vertical stripe of 1/3 the flag's length placed along the hoist with a white stele and black writing.

Coat of arms: Per fess, 1. Vert, 2. Argent, all over a Roman three- arched bridge countercolored masoned sable ensigned dexter with a stele argent with a votive writing sable and sinister with three wheat spikes. The shield surmounted by the Royal crown closed.

Source: http://bocyl.jcyl.es/boletines/2005/07/21/pdf/BOCYL-D-21072005-36.pdf

Ivan Sache, 13 Dec 2010

The proposed municipal symbols were presented in "Diario de León." The proposed coat of arms, slightly amended in its adopted version, had four quarters, showing the Valimbre bridge, the Roman way crossing the municipality and a milestone, as well as a wheat spike symbolizing agriculture.

The proposed flag had a milestone, called a votive stele in the final version, in the first third and nine horizontal stripes representing the nine villages forming the municipality. Green represents the plain while white represents the drylands.

Source: "Diario de León," 18 May 2005

The Valimbre bridge, crossing river Turienzo (Latin Turgentium), is considered one of the most significant Roman remains in the Leon Province; it was located on the Roman way known as the Silver Way.

Source: - "La España olvida," 31 January 2007">

Ivan Sache, 13 Dec 2010