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![[Smaller Local Entity of Aldea de Fuente Carreteros / Fuente Carreteros (Province of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain)]](../images/e/es-co-fc.gif)
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image by Ivan Sache after the image at the municipal website, 08 Aug 2009
The "Entidad de ámbito Territorial Inferior al Municipio" (Submunicipal entity) of Aldea de Fuente Carreteros (locally known as Fuente Carreteros; 1,227 inhabitants in 2007; 1,028 ha) is part of the municipality of Fuente Palmera, Province of Córdoba. The status of submunicipal entity was granted on 7 March 1989. The name of the village (lit., The Carters' Fountain) recalls a fountain used by the carters transporting chestnut timber from Constantina to the Ecija market.
Fuente Carreteros has two dances registered as of "Andalusian National Touristic Interest," the Dance of the Lunatics ("Baile de los Locos"), and the Dance of the Bear ("Danza del Oso"), probably of Central European origin. The two dances must recall a very ancient ritual of symbolic expelling of bad guys from the community.
Source: Fuente Palmera municipal website
The local flag and arms (sic) of Aldea de Fuente Carreteros were approved by the Local Council on 15 January 2004 and submitted to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 17 May 2004, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 117 on 16 June 2004.
The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:
Shield: Divided in to quarters, one in the chief (top) and the other in base (bottom). In chief, on the viewer's left: an olive branch and a wheat spike; on the viewer's right: a component of the Lunatics' Dance. In base, two ancient carts drawn by oxen, crossing each other; the wheel common to both carts forming a fountain pouring water. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown [closed].Flag: Divided in two triangular parts by a diagonal line; the upper triangular part is green with the coat of arms of Fuente Carreteros in its left zone. The lower triangular part is white; in its right zone are six red five-pointed stars forming a circle.
The symbols should be registered on the Andalusian Register of Local Entities, with their official written description and graphics (as originally submitted, but unfortunately not apprended to the Decree).
Source: BOJA No. 117, p. 13,330, 06 Jun 2004
Ivan Sache, 08 Aug 2009
The "Entidad Local Áutonoma" (Submunicipal entity) of Dehesas Viejas (lit. "The Old Pastures"; 826 inhabitants in 2007), located 40 km north of Granada, is part of the municipality of Iznalloz.
The flag and arms of Dehesas Viejas were approved by the Local Council on 14 February 2005 and submitted on 22 February 2005 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 1 March 2005, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 52 on 15 March 2005.
The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:
Coat of arms: Or an oak vert flanked in chief by a crescent and a cross all gules. A chief vert separated by wheat spikes the facade of an estate argent roofed gules. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.Flag: Panel in proportions 2/3, green, divided in three vertical stripes separated with wheat spikes. The central stripe 3/5, yellow with a green oak. The lateral stripes 1/5, both green.
The symbols should be registered on the Andalusian Register of Local Entities, with their official written description and graphics (as originally submitted, but unfortunately not appended to the Decree).
Source: BOJA No. 52, p. 78, 15 Mar 2005
The coat of arms is shown on the village website.
The flag shown on the village blog does not match the official description.
Ivan Sache, 20 Sep 2009
The "Entidad Local Áutonoma" (Submunicipal entity) of Domingo Pérez, located 45 km north of Granada, is part of the municipality of Iznalloz.
In the Moorish times, the site of Domingo Pérez was settled by the "alquería" (estate) of Baraila, a group of houses without fortifications and with property rights shared among different owners. After the reconquest of the Kingdom of Granada, the Christian Kings completely reorganized their new territories and granted the old "alquería" to Christian colonists. In 1511, Domingo Pérez de Herrasti, an hidalgo of Basque origin, was granted territories by Letters Patented; from 1511 to 1530, he was able to increase his domain up to an area of c. 1,000 ha, encompassing most of the estates of the region. Pérez appointed 16 colonists, who built their houses near the source of Aynotafe; named after its founder, the new settlement was subsequently incorporated into the town of Iznalloz. In 1544, Pérez bequeathed the village to his son Francisco, who built a manor, revamped the source and founded the parish church dedicated to St. Mark.
On 4 March 2003, the Government of Andalusia granted the status of "Entitad Local Autónoma" to Domingo Pérez by a Decree No. 59/2003, published in the Andalusian official gazette on 21 March 2003.
Source: Village website
The flag and arms of Domingo Pérez were approved by the Local Council on 6 May 2005 and submitted on 10 May 2005 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 18 May 2005, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 106 on 2 June 2005.
The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:
Coat of arms: Spanish shield; or a fess wavy azure, charged with a belt wavy argent; flanked: in chief by a high pillar gules, with two water pipes argent and a Marquis' coronet proper; in base by a tree vert with a rabbit gules. The shield surmounted with a Spanish Royal crown closed.Flag: Panel in proportions 2/3, yellow, with a blue wavy fess wavy charged with a white wavy belt; flanked: in the upper part by a red high pillar, with two white water pipes and a Marquis' coronet in its colours; in the lower part by a green tree with a red rabbit.
The symbols should be registered on the Andalusian Register of Local Entities, with their official written description and graphics (as originally submitted, but unfortunately not appended to the Decree).
Source: BOJA No. 106, p. 37, 02 Jun 2005
According to the village website, the new symbols were officially unveiled on 7 October 2005. Colour photos taken during the ceremony partially show the flag. Source: domingoperez.com
The coat of arms can be seen on colour photos taken during the Cultural Week.
Ivan Sache, 20 Sep 2009
According to "El Periodico de Aragón," the village of Ontinar del Salz has adopted its first symbols (flag and arms).
The article is fairly short and I am copying it below in order not to lose too much in translation:
Ontinar de Salz dispone ya de una bandera y un escudo propios, diseñados ambos con los símbolos más típicos de la localidad. El alcalde de Ontinar, Santiago Azón, se mostró muy orgulloso de estrenar el primer escudo y la primera bandera de este municipio de reciente creación, ya que se trata de un pueblo de colonización que se formó hace apenas 56 años. Actualmente está considerado una entidad local menor dependiente de Zuera.En el escudo aparecen varios elementos muy vinculados a Ontinar: el río y las aguas, la ontina con cinco ramas, el cabrio invertido --que alude al barranco de la Violada, cercano a la población--, la cabeza de colono --que representa a los colonos que poblaron el municipio a mediados del siglo XX--, y la paloma de plata, símbolo de la relación de Ontinar con la Virgen del Salz y con la localidad de Zuera. Por otra parte, en la bandera, que es de paño azul con una perla verde fileteada de blanco, aparece también una ontina arrancada de oro con ocho ramas.
Source: El Periodico de Aragón
Ontinar del Salz is an "entidad local" depending on the "municipio" of Zuera, located near Zaragoza, the capital city of Aragón. If I understand correctly the above text, Ontinar del Salz was settled only 56 years ago. See the municipal website.
Ivan Sache, 22 Jul 2005
![[Smaller Local Entity of Palmones (Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain)]](../images/e/es-ca-pa.gif)
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image by Ivan Sache after the image at http://www.turismovilladelosbarrios.com/nucleos-palmones.aspx, 17 Jul 2010
The description and images of the symbol of the municipal district of Palmones in the Municipality of Los Barrios, Province of Cadiz, Andalucia, Spain (in Spanish): http://www.turismovilladelosbarrios.com/nucleos-palmones.aspx.
Valentin Poposki, 17 Jul 2010
The municipal district of Palmones, created on 11 November 2004 within the municipality of Los Barrios, is the second oldest municipal district in the province of Cádiz. A municipal district has an autonomous administration, a mayor, and different local competencies.
Palmones (c. 2,000 inhabitants) is located on the mouth of river Palmones in the Bay of Algeciras. Palmones developed in the Roman times around salt marshes, whose production was used by the local fisheries, then the main source of income of the coastal towns. The one-arched bridge locally known as the "Roman bridge," although completely revamped in the 18th century, indeed matches Roman models.
There are no remains of the Muslim period; however, the Battle of River Palmones is a milestone in the Christian reconquest: on 12 December 1343, King Alfonso XI defeated troops sent by King of Grenada Yusuf I to lift the siege of Algeciras by the Christian army. Palmones was once famous for its shipyards, set up after the incorporation of the region to the Kingdom of Castile. In the 17th century, galleys and other ocean-going ships were built or repaired in Palmones. In 1779, Admiral Antonio Barceló revamped the shipyards to build the gunboats he had specifically designed for the reconquest of Gibraltar. At the same period, the port of Palmones was used to ship to America and Gibraltar ammunition produced in the neighbouring Royal Artillery Factory of Jimena.
The flag of Palmones is shown graphically as horizontally divided blue-white-blue, with odd proportions 8:11:8. "The flag symbolizes the mouths of rivers Palmones and Guadarranque, the places where the maritime population of Palmones settled. The white stripe represents the salt marshes that once covered the territory of Palmones. The Roman salt marshes supplied salt to Carteia (Guadarranque) and Baelo Claudia (Bolonia), the salt being used to preserve fish."
Source: http://www.turismovilladelosbarrios.com/nucleos-palmones.aspx
Ivan Sache, 17 Jul 2010
El Real Cortijo de San Isidro (518 inhabitants; 1,126 ha), a former Royal estate (cortijo) was made a "minor local entity" by Decree on 23 August 1957. The village is administratively part of the Municipality of Aranjuez (49,920 inh.), but has its own Village Council.
On 14 July 2008, the Village Council approved a flag and a coat of arms and commissioned a specialist in urbanism to increase its competency on that matter.
These decisions were considered as "independentist" and caused the wrath of the Municipal Council of Aranjuez, that claimed that the Village Council legally had no competency on these matters. A formal complaint against the Mayor of El Real Cortijo de San Isidro for "corrupt practices" has been logged at the Madrid Community, which should be assessed in September 2008.
None of the sources I have consulted gives details on the symbols of El Real Cortijo de San Isidro, unfortunately.
(Not so oddly enough, the main source of anger does not seem to be the adoption of local symbols but the urbanism question. Knowing that El Real Cortijo de San Isidro, an agricultural village, is located only 6 km from the town of Aranjuez, I understand that the "urbanistic independence" claimed by the village probably does not match the urbanization plans of Aranajuez.)
Sources:
Ivan Sache, 24 Aug 2008
![[Smaller Local Entity of Vegaviana (Extremadura, Spain)]](../images/e/es-ex-vv.gif)
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image by Ivan Sache, 21 Feb 2007
The "entidad local menor" (smaller local entity; 959 inhabitants) of Vegaviana, located in Extremadura and currently in the process of seceding from Moraleja, has officially adopted a flag and a coat of arms, reports M. Pascual in "El Periódico Extremadura."
The designs of the symbols of the village were presented in August 2005 for the celebrationb of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the village, and have been recently adopted by the competent authority, El Consejo Asesor de Honores y Distinciones de la Dirección General de Administración Local.
The flag is horizontally divided into five red-white-red-white-red stripes. According to the picture of the flag presented by the Mayor shown on the source, the white stripes are thinner than the red and green stripes. Juan Caro, Mayor of Vegaviana, explained the colours as green for irrigation, orange red for the roof tiles and white for lime, which was at the origin of the foundation of the village. The image on the source is too small to see the exact shade of red, and I have kept a standard red on my image.
The coat of arms has a green field and is divided per bend by seven white houses with a red roof; in chief a cork oak or on sinister and a lion rampant of the same; in point; three wavy bends argent. The shield is surmounted by a Royal crown. According to Caro, the lion was taken from the coat of arms of the mother municipality of Moraleja.
Source: El Periódico Extremadura, 04 Apr 2006
Ivan Sache, 21 Feb 2007