Flower boxes

Casillas de Flores is a Spanish municipality and town in the province of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León. It is integrated within the region of Ciudad Rodrigo and the sub-region of Campo de Robledo. It belongs to the judicial district of Ciudad Rodrigo.

Its municipal area is made up of a single population center, it occupies a total area of 42.60 km² and according to the demographic data collected in the municipal register prepared by the INE in 2017, it has a population of 187 inhabitants.

Symbols

Shield

The heraldic shield that represents the municipality was approved with the following coat of arms:

«I listen with a siple oak, engraved with gold and surmounted from a flowered cross of gules. Bodura of gules loaded in chief, flanks and tip of four houses of gold, cleared of azur and in the cantons four roses»

Flag

The city council has not yet adopted a flag for the municipality.

History

Detail of the Salmantine West on a map of the centuryXVIIIIn which you can see Casillas.

There are prehistoric remains, highlighting the Dolmen of Casa del Moro.

It was founded by King Alfonso VI of León at the end of the XI century with the category of Villa, reaching a population of 1600 inhabitants. With the loss of Riba-Coa by León in 1297, it became a border town, since until then the Luso-Leonese border was located on the Coa river. With the creation of the current provinces in 1833, Casillas de Flores was included in the province of Salamanca, within the Leonese Region. In the 1960s XX the exploitation of uranium and tin mines began in the vicinity of the town, now abandoned but which led to the population doubling.

Demographics

Graphic of demographic evolution of Flowers Casillas between 1900 and 2022

Source: Spanish National Statistical Institute - Graphical development by Wikipedia.

Geography

Casillas de Flores was formerly located near the Puente del Villar and was called Villar de Flores although it was later moved to its current state. ^{[citation required]} It is located in the south of the province, bordering Portugal and very close to the province of Cáceres in Extremadura, near the Sierra de Gata and an area of large oak groves of great ecological and scenic beauty. Influenced by the oceanic climate, although within the Mediterranean climatic area, the El Rebollar Protected Natural Area is nearby. It is about 30 km from Ciudad Rodrigo, the closest towns being Fuenteguinaldo (about 9 km), Navasfrías (11 km) and La Alberguería de Argañán (7 km). In Portugal, the closest town is Forcalhos, which is accessed by a country road, only 8 km away. On the other hand, the Águeda river in the Puente Del Villar is located nearby, 7 km away, accessed by a forest track.

Administration and politics

Municipal elections

Culture

Parties

The festivities are on August 15, with the patron saint being San Mauro. Likewise, it is also a party in the town on May 3 in honor of Santa Cruz.

Illustrious people

• José Pinto (1961 - 2019): cattle rancher who became known after his passage through the television programs of Knowledge and Win, of La 2, and Boom!, of Antena 3.
• Manuel Sánchez Corbí (1963), head of Civil Guard operations in the fight against terrorism and the Central Operative Unit. Despite being born in Valladolid, he and his family are natural from Casillas.
• Isabel Castaño Ledesma. Elected Miss Region Leonesa in 1935, she was the last woman who joined the title, competing for the title of Miss Spain, and being honored by the Casa Charra de Madrid for such a choice as Miss regional.