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The municipality of Cereceda de la Sierra (101 inhabitants in 2010; 1,548 ha; unofficial website) is located in the south of Salamanca Province, 70 km from Salamanca.
Cereceda de la Sierra was resettled in the 12th century in a place
grown with cherry trees (cerezos) located in the Sierra de Francia
range. The resettlers mostly came from Burgos, Soria and Logroño, as
opposed to the other villages in the sierra, whose resettlers mostly
came from northern Spain and France. Cereceda de la Sierra was part of
the Community of the County of Miranda del Castañar, formed in 1240 by
13 villages.
In the 18th century, nearly 70% of the villagers lived from the
production of charcoal.
Ivan Sache, 26 April 2011
The flag of Cereceda de la Sierra is prescribed by a Decree adopted on
12 March 1998 by the Salamanca Provincial Government, signed on 7 May 1998 by the
President of the Government, and published on 27 May 1998
in the official gazette of Castilla y León, No. 98 (text).
The flag is described
as follows:
Flag: Quadrangular flag, gyronned with six pieces argent and six pieces gules. In the middle is placed the municipal coat of arms, surmounted with a Royal Spanish crown closed.
The coat of arms of Cereceda de la Sierra is prescribed by a Decree
adopted on 10 October 1997 by the Salamanca Provincial Government,
signed on 22 October 1997 by the President of the Government, and
published on 5 November 1997 in the official gazette of Castilla y León, No. 213 (text).
The coat of arms is described
as follows:
Coat of arms: Per pale, 1. Gules a cherry tree [cerezo] argent eradicated fructed of the same ensigned with the crowned monogram of Mary of the same, 2. Argent a bend sable a chain or of eight links in orle. The shield surmounted with a Royal Spanish crown closed.
The sinister part of the shield is derived from the arms of the Zúñiga, a Castilian noble family descending from the Kings of Navarre; on 9 February 1457, Diego López de Zúñiga was made Count of Miranda del Castañar by King Henry IV.
Ivan Sache, 26 April 2011
