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Cantanhede Municipality (Portugal)

Concelho de Cantanhede, Distrito de Coimbra

Last modified: 2014-10-25 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Cantanhede municipality] 2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2000
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About the Flag

It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field gyronny (city rank) of yellow and purple.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2000

Coat of arms

[Cantanhede municipality CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 25 Feb 2000

The coat of arms is Argent, a pear tree Proper fruited Or between two grapes, fruited purple; in chief azure an annulet Or with a ruby between two fleurs-de-lis Or. Mural crown Argent with five visible towers (city rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "CIDADE DE CANTANHEDE".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2000

Cantanhede was uprgraded to city and seat of a municipality on 16 August 1991. Flag and arms were adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 14 February 1992.
Sérgio Horta, 25 Feb 2000


Version without Coat of Arms

[Cantanhede municipality plain] 2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, Apr 2010

Presentation of Cantanhede

Cantanhede municipality had 37 000 inhabitants in 1990, and it is divided in 14 communes, covering 397 km². It belongs to the Coimbra District and to the old province of Beira Litoral.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2000


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