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Azambuja Municipality (Portugal)

Concelho de Azambuja, Distrito de Lisboa

Last modified: 2014-11-08 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Azambuja municipality] 2:3 image by André Serranho, 12 Aug 1999
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About the Flag

It is a fairly typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.

António Martins-Tuválkin,

Coat of arms

[Azambuja municipality CoA] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Oct 2010

The coat of arms is argent, a tree (cork oak?) proper (see below) between two fleurs de lis gules (but see bellow). Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA DE AZAMBUJA".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Aug 1999


Version without Coat of Arms

Plain (monocoloured) Portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have variations without arms: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 July 1999


Variating deptictions of “proper”

Azambuja var#1
2:3 image by André Serranho, 12 Aug 1999

There are several reported ways to render the «tree proper».
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Aug 1999


Yellow fleur-de-lis variant

Azambuja var#1
2:3 image by André Serranho, 12 Aug 1999

The fleurs de lis sometimes are rendered in golden
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Aug 1999


Presentation of Azambuja

Azambuja municipality had 19 490 inhabitants in 1990, and it is divided in 9 communes, covering 262 km². It belongs to the Lisboa District and to the old province of Ribatejo.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Aug 1999


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