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Acebedo (Municipality, Castile and León, Spain)

Flag of Acebedo - Image by Antonio Gutiérrez (VexiLeón website), 29 May 2011

Presentation of Acebedo
Symbols of Acebedo

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Presentation of Acebedo

The municipality of Acebedo (267 inhabitants in 2009; 5,018 ha; unofficial website) is located in the mountains (1,160 m) of the northeast of León Province, 90 km of León.
Acevedo was mentioned for the first time in 1020, as Aceveto, on a parchment kept in the Cistercian monastery of Otero de las Dueñas; the name of the village comes from acebo, "hollow", a plant commonly found in the neighbouring mountains.

Ivan Sache, 19 October 2010

Symbols of Acebedo

The flag and arms of Acebedo are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 11 June 2009 by the Municipal Council, signed on 25 June 2009 by the Mayor, and published on 29 July 2009 in the official gazette of Castile and León, No. 143, p. 23,882 (text).
The symbols are described as follows:

Flag: Quadrangular, in proportion 1:1, divided by the descending diagonal, the triangle at fly red, the central stripe yellow and the triangle at hoist blue. In the middle is placed the coat of arms, in full colours.
Coat of arms: Chappe or a branch of hollow [acebo] proper in flower, dexter azure a key or in lower canton sinister gules an arrow head argent. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.

Ivan Sache, 29 May 2011