Cármenes (Municipality, Castilla y León, Spain)

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Flag of Cármenes - Image by "Jgaray" (Wikimedia Commons), slightly modified, 16 February 2011

• Presentation of Cármenes
• Symbols of Cármenes

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• Spain
• Castilla y León (Autonomous Community, Spain)
• León Province (Castilla y León, Spain)

Presentation of Cármenes

The municipality of Cármenes (403 inhabitants in 2009; 15,422 ha; municipal website) is located in the north of León Province, 45 km of León. The municipality is made of the villages of Almuzara, Campo, Canseco, Cármenes (capital), Felmín, Genicera, Gete, Getino, Lavandera, Pedrosa, Piedrafita, Piornedo, Pontedo, Rodillazo, Tabanedo, Valverdín and Villanueva de Pontedo.

The "Cordel de Cármenes" (Cármenes transhumance trail) linked the town of León to the Pass of Piedrafita along the valley or river Torío. The shepherds usually spent the night with their cattle near the chapel of Robles; the next day, they crossed Rodillazo, Gete, Getino, Cármenes, Villanueva, Pontedo and Piornedo before heading to the Pass of Piedrafita.

Ivan Sache, 16 February 2011

Symbols of Cármenes

The flag of Cármenes is prescribed by a Decree adopted on 28 May 2002 by the Municipal Council, signed on 6 June 2002 by the Mayor, and published on 12 July 2002 in the official gazette of Castilla y León, No. 134, p. 9,368 (text).
The flag is described as follows:

Flag: Five horizontal stripes forming a panel with the traditional colors of the primitive Arbolio Council (today's Los Argúellos), which are crimson red (color of the old Kingdom of León) and green (color of Arbolio). First stripe: crimson red; second stripe: green; third stripe: crimson red; fourth stripe: green; and fifth stripe: crimson red. In the middle of the flag is placed the municipal coat of arms of Cármenes.

The coat of arms of Cármenes is prescribed by a Decree adopted on 24 February 2001 by the Municipal Council, signed on 15 March 2001 by the Mayor, and published on 9 April 2001 in the official gazette of Castile andLeón, No. 71, p. 5,891 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:

Coat of arms: Per fess, 1. Argent a tree vert accosted by two wild goats proper, 2a. Azure a tower argent masoned sable, 2b. Gules three fleurs-de-lis or. The shield surmounted with a Royal Spanish crown.

Ivan Sache, 16 February 2011