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The municipality of Villegas (90 inhabitants in 2015; 2,450 ha; village blog) is located in the north-west of the Province of Burgos, 40 km of Burgos.The municipality is made of the villages of Villegas and Villamorón (2 inh.).
Villegas and Villamorón were established during the re-settlement
campaign organized by Diego Rodríguez, the founder of Burgos. The
settlements were named for their re-settlers, Egas and Mauronte. The
original foundation included another four settlements, which
disappeared in the early 14th century: Fuentecabeza, Pililla, San Juan
and Villao / Villa Hux.
Villegas and Villamorón probably belonged to the alfoz (group of villages) of Hormaza, mentioned in 1237 as seated in the castle of Las
Hormazas. Villamorón was then a significant village, as evidenced by
the Romanesque church erected in the 12th century; in the next
century, the village counted 40 households, while Villegas was much
more populous.
At the end of the 16th century, the two villages formed a single
entity counting c. 500 inhabitants. The Ensenada cadaster (1752) lists
Villegas and Villamorón as two boroughs sharing the same jurisdiction. In 1950, Villegas still counted 476 inhabitants and Villamorón another 149.
Ivan Sache, 21 April 2015
The flag and arms of Villegas, approved on 4 May 2002 by the Municipal
Council, are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 13 July 2002 by the
Municipal Council, signed the same day by the Mayor, and published on
29 July 2002 in the official gazette of Castilla y León, No. 145, p.
10,138 (text).
The symbols are described as follows:
Flag: Quadrangular, 1 by 1. Five horizontal stripes: 1st, 3rd and 5th, green, red and blue, respectively, with a height of 3/10, and the two other yellow, with a height of 0.5/10, placed at the top and bottom of the red stripe. In the center is placed the coat of arms of the town.
Coat of arms: Per fess, 1. Vert a rising sun argent four furrows or. 2. Azure a Romanesque arch or. A bordure gules six towers or Grafted in base argent a fess wavy azure. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.
Ivan Sache, 21 April 2015
