Benegiles (Municipality, Castilla y León, Spain) (original) (raw)

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Presentation of Benegiles
Symbols of Benegiles

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Presentation of Benegiles

The municipality of Benegiles (393 inhabitants in 2009; 2,333 ha) is located in the center of Zamora Province, 20 km from Zamora.

Ivan Sache, 5 December 2010

Symbols of Benegiles

The flag and arms of Benegiles, designed by Vicente Tocino Letrado and Tomás Rodríguez Peñas, are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 26 September 2005 by the Municipal Council, signed on 16 January 2006 by the Mayor, and published on 6 February 2006 in the official gazette of Castilla y León, No. 25, p. 1,933 (text).
The symbols are described as follows:

Flag: Rectangular flag, with proportions 2:3, made of three equal horizontal stripes, the outer stripes red with five yellow wheat spikes and the central stripe blue with a white fimbriation.
Coat of arms: Argent a bend azure charged with three wheat spikes or in chief a church gules masoned sable port and windows argent in base a two-arched Roman bridge gules masoned sable. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.

Ivan Sache, 5 December 2010