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The municipality of Melgar de Yuso (304 inhabitants in 2010; 2,658 ha; municipal website) is located 40 km from Palencia.
Melgar de Yuso, lit. "Lower Melgar", was the counterpart of Melgar de
Fernamental (today a municipality in Burgos Province), once known
as Melgar de Suso ("Lower Melgar"). Melgar de Suso was the capital of
an administrative division including Bobadilla, Castrillo, Fitero de la Vega, Inoxoxa, Quintanilla, Quintanilla de Roaño, Quintanilla de Muniovoz, Melgar de Yuso (Lower Melgar), Peral, Santa María Pelayo, Santiago del Val, Santoyo, Villajero, Villieta and Zorita.
The origin of the name of the village is obscure, except Fernamental,
which refers to the founder Armentález / Armentáriz. Melgar could come from mielga, "afalfa", from mielga, "a fork to lift harvest", from amelga, "a piece of land marked before sowing", or from melo kara, "a high place used for watch" (here river Pisuerga).
Melgar de Yuso was once known as Melgar de los Caballeros ("of the
Knights"), referring to the Order of Saint James, then lord of the village.
In 2009, the opposition group (PSOE) at the Municipal Council propose to rename the General Franco Street ("Calle General Franco") for the Palencia-born athlete Marta Domínguez ("Avenida de Marta Domínguez Azpeleta"), which was refused by the majority group (PSOE) (El Mundo, 23 December 2009).
Ivan Sache, 28 May 2011
The flag and arms of Melgar de Yuso, proposed on 19 February 1986 and adopted on 19 May 1986 by the Municipal Council, are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 18 June 1986 by the Government of Castile and León, and published on 18 August 1986 in the official gazette of Castile and León No. 71 (text).
The Decree states that the Municipal Council did not accept the
modifications of the coat of arms proposed by the Royal Academy of
History, which had validated the proposed flag, though.
The Decree, unfortunately, does not include the description of the
symbols.
Ivan Sache, 28 May 2011