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Valle de Mena (Municipality, Castilla y León, Spain)

Presentation of Valle de Mena
Submunicipal entities

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Presentation of Valle de Mena

The municipality of Valle de Mena (3,826 inhabitants in 2015; 26,318 ha; municipal website) is the north-easternmost province of the Province of Burgos, on the border with Cantabria and Basque Country, 120 km of Burgos. The municipality is formed of the 43 submunicipal entities of Angulo, Anzo, Arceo, Artieta, Ayega, Barrasa, Bortedo, Burceña, Cadagua, Campillo de Mena, Caniego, Carrasquedo, Concejero, Covides, Entrambasaguas, Gijano, Hornes, Irús, Leciñana de Mena, Lezana de Mena, Maltrana, Maltranilla, Medianas, Menamayor, Nava de Ordunte, Partearroyo, La Presilla, Ribota de Mena, Santa Cruz de Mena, Santa María del Llano de Tudela, Santecilla, Santiago de Tudela, Siones, Sopeñano, Taranco, Ungo, Vallejo de Mena, Vallejuelo, Viérgol, El Vigo, Villanueva de Mena, Villasuso, and Vivanco.

Ivan Sache, 13 February 2015

Submunicipal entities

Cadagua

Flag of Cadagua - Image from the Escudos y Banderas de la Provincia de Burgos website, 13 February 2015

Cadagua is located near the source of river Cadagua (caudal de agua, lit. "abundance in water"), one of the three rivers in Castilla y León that water Cantabria.

The flag and arms of Cadagua are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 14 November 2003 by the Village Council, signed the same day by the Mayor, and published on 24 November 2003 in the official gazette of Castilla y León, No. 228, p. 15,497 (text).
The symbols are described as follows:

Flag: Quadrangular, 1:1. Vertically divided 1/4 white and the rest yellow. The municipal coat of arms of Cadagua is placed on the vertical division of the panel.
Coat of arms: Or rocks sable in base three sources and a river azure surrounded by two trees eradicated vert a chief argent a six-pointed star azure a wild boar passant sable injured and langued gules. The shield surmounted with the Spanish Royal crown.

Ivan Sache, 13 February 2015

Covides

Flag of Covides - Image from the Escudos y Banderas de la Provincia de Burgos website, 16 February 2015

The flag and arms of Covides are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 9 February 2003 by the Village Council, signed on 11 February 2003 by the Mayor, and published on 24 February 2003 in the official gazette of Castilla y León, No. 37, p. 2,848 (text).
The symbols are described as follows:

Flag: Rectangular, in proportions 2:3, made of a green panel charged with an isosceles triangle, whose base is the flag's hoist and whose vertex reaches the mid fly. On the white triangle is placed the coat of arms, 1/4 from the hoist, in height 1/2 of the flag's height.
Coat of arms: Vert a garb of three wheat spikes argent a tree of the same. Grafted argent a millstone vert. The shield surmounted with the Spanish Royal crown.

The flag is modelled on the coat of arms, the curved lines being replaced by straight lines for the sake of simplicity and elegance. On the arms, the spikes and the tree represent the crops and the natural environment, respectively. The flour millstone represents human activity.

Ivan Sache, 16 February 2015

Menamayor

Flag of Menamayor - Image from the Escudos y Banderas de la Provincia de Burgos website, 23 February 2015

The flag and arms of Menamayor, adopted on 2 November 2002 by the Village Council, are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 12 March 2003 by the Village Council, signed the same day by the Mayor, and published on 2 May 2003 in the official gazette of Castilla y León, No. 82, p. 6,466 (text).
The symbols are described as follows:

Flag: Quadrangular, 1:1. Yellow with a red triangle placed along the hoist. In the heart of the flag is placed the municipal coat of arms.
Coat of arms: Per pale, 1. Gules the arms of Castile, 2. Or a grapevine vert fructed sable. Grafted in base, or an apple vert. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.

Ivan Sache, 23 February 2015

Sopeñano

Flag of Sopeñano - Image from the Escudos y Banderas de la Provincia de Burgos website, 9 March 2015

The flag and arms of Sopeñano are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 24 April 2002 by the Village Council, signed the same day by the Mayor, and published on 24 May 2002 in the official gazette of Castilla y León, No. 99, p. 6,800 (text).
The symbols are described as follows:

Flag: Quadrangular, 1x 1. On white three gyrons placed along the hoist, red, yellow, and the central, blue, longer. In the center of the flag is placed the municipal coat of arms
Coat of arms: Per pale, 1. Azure rocks argent a tree vert eradicated fructed or, 2a. Gules a castle of Castile in canton palms or per saltire a mitre of the same with infulae, 2b. Or a mule passant sable laden with goods. Grafted in base a fess wavy azure. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.

Ivan Sache, 9 March 2015