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

Introduction
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Introduction

The municipality of Acebedo (267 inhabitants in 2009, 5,018 ha) is located in the mountains (1,160 m) of the north-east of Leon Province, 90 km from the provincial capital. Acevedo was mentioned for the first time in 1020, as Aceveto, on a parchment kept in the Cistercian monastery of Otero de las Dueñas; the name of the village comes from "acebo," "hollow," a plant commonly found in the neighboring mountains.

Source: Unofficial website

Ivan Sache, 19 Oct 2010

Description

The flag and arms (and medal, as well) of Acebedo are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 11 June 2009 by the Municipal Council, signed on 25 June 2009 by the Mayor, and published on 29 July 2009 in the official gazette of Castile and Leon, No. 143, p. 23,882. There is no detail on the design process - except the "respect of the laws and rules of vexillology" [sic] - of the symbols, which are described as follows:

Municipal flag; Square in proportion 1/1, tierced per diagonal and base with angle at hoist [divided by the descending diagonal?], the triangle at fly red, the central stripe yellow and the triangle at hoist blue, charged in the middle with the colored coat of arms.

Municipal coat of arms: Chappe or a branch of hollow proper in flower, dexter azure a key or in lower canton sinister gules an arrow head argent. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.

There is no explanation given for the symbols. While the sinister part of the shield must allude to the strategic, border location of Acebedo in Leon, the dexter part must allude to some local tradition. The municipal website says that the St. Blaise Festival, held in February to celebrate the village's patron saint, ends with a costume ball.

Source: http://bocyl.jcyl.es/boletines/2009/07/29/pdf/BOCYL-D-29072009-39.pdf

The hollow (in Spanish, "acebo") is canting for the village's name.

Ivan Sache, 19 Oct 2010