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The municipality of Martín Muñoz de la Dehesa (209 inhabitants in 2012; 1,766 ha) is located in the west of the Segovia Province, on the border with Ávila Province, 60 km from Segovia.
Martín Muñoz de la Dehesa is named for its re-settler, traditionally
identified to the "good vassal Martín Muñoz", mentioned in El Cantar
del Mio Cid (738; 1992; 3068). A Martín Muñoz was indeed listed among
the vassals of King Alfonso IV, but his belonging to the Montemayor
lineage of El Cid Campeador, alleged in the Cantar, is not backed up
by any historical evidence.
In the Middle Ages, the village was known as Sant Iohan de la Defesa,
and, subsequently, as Martínmuñocillo; the diminutive form of Martín Muñoz was possibly used for the sake of comparison with the then
bigger village of Martín Muñoz de las Posadas, located 15 km away.
Martín Muñoz de la Dehesa belonged to the Community of the Town and Land of Arévalo.
Ivan Sache, 14 February 2014
The flag and arms of Martín Muñoz de la Dehesa are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 19 March 2013 by the Municipal
Council, signed on 4 June 2013 by the Mayor, and published on 12 June
2013 in the official gazette of the Segovia Province (text).
The symbols are not described
in the Decree.
Ivan Sache, 14 February 2014