Last modified: 2016-05-14 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Carrapatas commune]](../images/p/pt-mcdcp.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 11 Apr 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Sources: heraldry page of communal webpage and this photo
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Apr 2016
![[Carrapatas commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-mcdcp).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 11 Apr 2016
The shield is Or, a crozier Gules between two branches Vert in pale, with the dexter of cork oak acorned Gules and the sinister of olive fruited Sable, in base a heraldic fountain. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers «according to the law» and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "CARRAPATAS - MACEDO DE CAVALEIROS".
Source:
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Apr 2016
Flag and arms approved by the communal government on 13 September 2008, published in the official journal Diário da República: II Série on 1 August 2009
Source: Diário da República
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Apr 2016
Carrapatas Commune is one of the 30 communes of Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality; it had 197 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 6.7 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Apr 2016
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