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![[Ançã commune]](../images/p/pt-cntan.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 11 Apr 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of blue and yellow.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Apr 2010
![[Ançã commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-cntan).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 11 Apr 2010
The arms are Argent two wheels Azure over two heraldic fountains over two millstones Azure, each pair set in fess, on a bordure Gules seven billets Or. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll "VILA DE ANÇÃ" reading in black upper case letters.
Meaning:
There is an over all similarity in tinctures and arrangement with the national arms, and the 2×3 elements remind also the Castro family coat of arms. Apart from the obvious symbolism of the blue elements, the billets stand for locally quarried Ançã limestone.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Apr 2010
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 15 March 1996
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Apr 2010
Ançã Commune is one of the 14 communes of Cantanhede Municipality (q.v.); it had 2625 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 18,11 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 May 2015
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