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Marcilla de Campos (Municipality, Castilla y León, Spain)

Flag of Marcilla de Campos - Image by "Valdavia" (Wikimedia Commons), 5 March 2011

Presentation of Marcilla de Campos
Symbols of Marcilla de Campos

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Presentation of Marcilla de Campos

The municipality of Marcilla de Campos (47 inhabitants in 2010; 2,186 ha; municipal website) is located 40 km from Palencia.

Marcilla seems to have been named for its resettler Marcus (but see the coat of arms), with the diminutive suffix -illa, forming the old name Marciella. A Roman estate (villa) was excavated in the place called Los Cantos, which seems to have superseded a much older settlement dating back to the Age of Bronze.

Ivan Sache, 5 March 2011

Symbols of Marcilla de Campos

The flag and arms of Marcilla de Campos are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 10 April 2000 by the Palencia Provincial Government, signed on 13 April 2000 by the President of the Government, and published on 4 May 2000 in the official gazette of Castilla y León, No. 85, p. 5,022 (text).
The symbols are described as follows:

Flag: Quadrangular flag with proportions 1:1, with horizontal stripes red and green. In the middle of the flag is placed the municipal coat of arms, in full colors.
Coat of arms: Of Spanish shape, per fess, 1. Gules a Roman patrician (Marco) or, 2. Vert a spike or. The shield surmounted with a Royal Spanish crown.

Ivan Sache, 5 March 2011