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Cardiel de los Montes (Municipality, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)

Presentation of Cardiel de los Montes
Symbols of Cardiel de los Montes

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Presentation of Cardiel de los Montes

The municipality of Cardiel de los Montes (388 inhabitants in 2014; 2,400 ha) is located 65 km north-west of Toledo.

Cardiel de los Montes is probably named for thistles (cardos, from Latin ) and the diminutive suffix -el. Accordingly, the place would have been a land rich in small thistles. Another etymology is based on Latin carduelis, "a goldfinch". The village is first documented in Philip II's Relaciones.

Ivan Sache, 8 September 2019

Symbols of Cardiel de los Montes

The flag of Cardiel de los Montes is prescribed in a Decree adopted on 10 April 2008 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 23 April 2008 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 84, p. 12,859 (text).
The flag is described as follows:

Flag: Rectangular, in proportions 2:3. Vertically divided in the middle, yellow at hoist and blue at hoist, charged in the center with the crowned coat of arms.

The coat of arms of Cardiel de los Montes is prescribed in a Decree adopted on 10 April 2008 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 23 April 2008 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 84, p. 12,859 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:

Coat of arms: Per pale, 1. Azure a thistle [cardo] or, 2. Or six roundels azure. The shield surmounted with a Royal Spanish crown.

The symbols were inaugurated on 24 August 2007 (ABC, 21 August 2007).
The roundels com from the arms of the Dávila family, "Argent six bezants azure", reported in use in the village in Philip II's Relaciones.
[José Luis Ruz Márquez & Ventura Leblic García. Heraldica municipal de la Provincia de Toledo. 1983]

Ivan Sache, 8 September 2019