Encío (Municipality, Castile and León, Spain)

Last modified: 2013-09-15 by ivan sache
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• Presentation of Encío
• Symbols of Encío

See also:

• Spain
• Castile and León (Autonomous Community, Spain)
• Burgos Province (Castile and León, Spain)

Presentation of Encío

The municipality of Encío (45 inhabitants in 2009; 1,876 ha) is made of the villages of Encío (capital), Moriana and Obarenes.

Ivan Sache, 18 December 2010

Symbols of Encío

The flag and arms of Encío are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 12 November 1998 by the Burgos Provincial Government, signed on 30 November 1998 by the President of the Government and published on 10 December 1998 in the official gazette of Castile and León, No. 236, p. 2,880 (text).
The symbols are described as follows:

Flag: Castilian flag, with proportions 1:1, divided in the middle, the upper field blue from the hoist and the lower field yellow from the fly. In the middle a red lion rampant holding a pike argent on a field azure.
Coat of arms: Per bend sinister, 1. Azure a bell argent, 2. Or a lion rampant gules holding a pike vert. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.

Ivan Sache, 18 April 2011