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The municipality of Carbellino (222 inhabitants in 2009; 3,300 ha; municipal webpage) is located in the south of Zamora Province, 50 km from Zamora.
Carbellino seems to have emerged in the 12th century during the
resettlement of the region. Some say that the colonists were Jews from
northwestern Spain and Portugal (Carvalho was the most common Jewish
name in the region). Other say that the name of the village comes from
carballo, "an oak".
The Almendra man-made lake, the biggest in Spain (8,600 ha), is
located on the municipal territory of Carbellino. Exploited for
electricity by the Iberdrola company, the lake is, officially, not
suitable (yet) for recreation and watersports, although fishing,
canoeing and windsurfing are popular there.
Ivan Sache, 30 November 2010
The flag and arms of Carbellino, designed by Vicente Tocino Letrado
and Tomás Rodríguez Peñas, are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 11
June 2006 by the Municipal Council, signed on 10 October 2006 by the
Mayor, and published on 23 October 2006 in the official gazette of
Castilla y León, No. 204, p. 19,871 (text).
The symbols are described as follows:
Flag: Rectangular flag, with proportions 2:3, made of a white panel charged in the middle with a jug and a red square in each corner, of size 1/4th of the flag length.
Coat of arms: Quarterly, 1. Argent an oak eradicated vert, 2. Gules a clock tower argent, 3. Gules a jug argent, 4. Argent a Bubbles' Cross gules. Grafted in base wavy argent and azure [Crown not mentioned].
The Bubbles' Cross (Cruz de los Burbujos) is a local monument (photo).
Ivan Sache, 30 November 2010