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Municipality of Villamontán de la Valduerna (Leon Province, Castile and Leon, Spain)

image from the VexilLéon website, 21 Nov 2010

Introduction
Description
Coat of Arms

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Introduction

The municipality of Villamontán de la Valduerna (917 inhabitants in 2009; 5,715 ha) is located in the south-east of the Leon Province, 60 km from the provincial capital. The municipality, located in the valley of rover Duerna, is made of the seven villages of Fresno de la Valduerna, Miñambres de la Valduerna, Posada y Torre de la Valduerna, Redelga de la Valduerna, Valle de la Valduerna, Villalís de la Valduerna and Villamontán de la Valduerna.

The toponyms Villalís and Villamontán (Villa Montanus) indicate a Roman colonisation ("villa") of the region; the colony of Argentolium was probably built on the site of today's Miñambres de la Valduerna. In the Middle Ages, the valley was ruled by the lords of los Bazán; Pedro Bazán was made in 1454 Viscount of Palacios de la Valduerna by King Henry IV.

Source: Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 21 Nov 2010

Description

The flag of Villamontán de la Valduerna, designed by Laureano M. Rubio Pérez, is prescribed by a Decree adopted on 19 September 2008 by the Municipal Council, signed on 16 October 2008 by the Mayor, and published on 29 October 2008 in the official gazette of Castile and Leon, No. 209, p. 21,286. The flag is described as follows:

Of rectangular shape, made of seven equal horizontal stripes, red and green in the upper part, green and red in the lower part, red flanked by two white stripes in the central part, separated by a golden border, a green triangle at hoist charged with the municipal coat of arms.

Source: http://bocyl.jcyl.es/boletines/2008/10/29/pdf/BOCYL-D-29102008-40.pdf

Ivan Sache, 21 Nov 2010

Coat of Arms

The coat of arms of Villamontán de la Valduerna is described on the municipal website as:

First quarter, left: blue waves representing rivers Duerna, Los Peces and Valtabuyo, supporting an oak representing constancy and firmness. Second quarter, right: the Marian symbol of the vase with lilies, symbolizing the local devotion to the Castro Virgin. Third quarter, bottom: seven flags fluttering in the wind with different colors, red, green and white the most distant, and purple, representing the seven villages forming the municipality, in the middle a bigger flag representing Villamontán. Upper part: the Royal crown closed.

On the image placed next to the description, the seven flags are green.

Source: Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 21 Nov 2010