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Town of Reinoso de Cerrato (Castile and Leon, Spain)

Palencia Province

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image by Wikipedia User:Valdiavia and Ivan Sache, 14 Mar and 21 Nov 2010

Introduction
Description

See also:

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

Introduction

The municipality of Reinoso de Cerrato (59 inhabitants in 2009; 2,313 ha) is located 15 km from Palencia.

Reinoso was mentioned for the first time, as Rinoso, in a donation made by King Ferdinand I in 1059. The name of the village probably comes from the Latin name "rana," "frog." therefore meaning "a place crowded with frogs."

Ivan Sache, 21 Nov 2010

Description

The flag and arms of Reinoso de Cerrato are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 29 August 2008 by the Municipal Council, signed on 16 September 2008 by the Mayor, and published on 25 September 2008 in the official gazette of Castile and Leon, No. 186, pp. 18,980-18,981. The symbols are described as follows:

Flag with proportions 2:3, tierced at hoist [vertically divided 1:2]. The fly part red with, in the middle, the municipal coat of arms in full colors, surmountedby the Royal Spanish crown. The hoist part divided in three parts, the central one sable (black) charged with an eight-pointed cross argent (white), the upper and the lower ones argent (white) charged with a cauldron sable (black). Shield of Spanish shape, or three reeds vert over waves azure and argent. The chief divided in three parts, the central sable a Maltese Cross argent, the cantons argent a cauldron sable. The shield surmonted by the Royal Spanish crown.

Source: http://bocyl.jcyl.es/boletines/2008/09/25/pdf/BOCYL-D-25092008-32.pdf

The symbols of Reinoso de Cerrato - including the real flag - were presented to the public on 11 December 2009; on the video footage of the presentation, it is explained (starting at 8:00) that the cauldrons come form the arms of the Dukes of Lara, once lords of the village; the reeds and waves recall the etymology of the village's name.

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxUTmpIku9Q

The Maltese Cross, seemingly not explained during the presentation of the arms, recalls that the Order of St. John once owned land in Reinoso de Cerrato.

Ivan Sache, 21 Nov 2010