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Municipality of Hontanares de Eresma (Segovia Province, Castile and Leon, Spain)

image by Ivan Sache, 15 Dec 2010

Introduction
Description

See also:

Segovia Province (Castile and Leon, Spain)
Castile and Leon (Castilla y León, Spain)
Spain

Introduction

The municipality of Hontanares de Eresma (993 inhabitants in 2009; 613 ha) is located in the south-west of the Segovia Province, 15 km from the provincial capital.

Hontanares de Eresma was originally known as Fontanares, recalling the numerous sources that attracted the resettlers. The municipality is made of the historical village and of the borough that developed more recently near the railway station.

Ivan Sache, 15 Dec 2010

Description

The flag and arms of Hontanares de Eresma are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 31 May 2005 by the Municipal Council, signed by the Mayor on 1 June 2005 and published on 14 June 2005 in the official gazette of Castile and Leon, No. 114, p. 10,448. The symbols are described as follows:

Municipal flag: Rectangular flag with proportion 2:3 made of seven horizontal stripes with proportions 1:5, 1:10, 1:10, 1:5, 1:10, 1:10 and 1:5, from top to bottom, red, white, blue, white, blue, white and red.

Coat of arms: Argent three fesses wavy azure in base ensigned with three poplars eradicated vert per fess a bordure gules three fountains argent one in chief and the two other affronty on the sides. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.

Source:

Ivan Sache, 15 Dec 2010