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Flag of Valle de Sedano - Image from the Escudos y Banderas de la Provincia de Burgos website, 2 March 2014
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The municipality of Valle de Sedano (487 inhabitants in 2012; 26,406 ha) is located in the north of Burgos Province, 50 km from Burgos. The municipality is made of the villages of Sedano (180 inh.; capital), Cortiguera (10 inh.), Cubillo del Butrón, Escalada (39 inh.), Gredilla de Sedano (29 inh.), Moradillo de Sedano (17 inh.), Mozuelos de Sedano, Nidáguila (28 inh.), Nocedo (9 inh.), Orbaneja del Castillo (47 inh.), Pesquera de Ebro (14 inh.), Quintanaloma (27 inh.), Quintanilla Escalada (29 inh.), Terradillos de Sedano (38 inh.), Turzo (7 inh.) and Valdelateja.
Ivan Sache, 2 March 2014
The flag and arms of Valle de Sedano (Escudos y Banderas de la Provincia de Burgos website) are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 15 October 2004 by the Municipal Council and published on 27 October
2004 in the official gazette of the Burgos Province.
The symbols are described as follows:
Flag: Quadrangular flag, white, charged with three gyrons, yellow, blue and green, of 2/10 in base and separated from each other and from the flag's edges by 1/10, of 7/10 in length except the central gyron (blue), which is of 5/10 in length. In the middle is placed the municipal coat of arms.
Coat of arms: Per pale, 1. Or a tree vert fructed or terraced vert a sheep passant, 2. Azure Romanesque columns, arch and capitals argent in base a staff and a sword of the same per saltire. Grafted in base, argent two fesses wavy azure the second charged with a trout argent. A bordure vert 17 stars or. The shield surmounted by a Royal Spanish crown.
The Romanesque architectural elements must represent the portico of
the St. Stephen church of Mordilla de Sedano (presentation), erected on the top of
the Castro hill. Achieved in 1188 in Gothic style and revamped in the
17th-18th centuries following a blaze, the church is one of the best
examples of the Burgos Romanesque style. It was proclaimed a National
Historical and Artistic Monument by a Decree published on 3 June 1931
in the Spanish official gazette.
The 17 stars must stand for the 16 villages forming the municipality
(plus a deserted village or an additional star symbolizing the whole
municipality?).
Ivan Sache, 2 March 2014