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Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality (Portugal)

Last modified: 2005-08-26 by antonio martins
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[Póvoa de Lanhoso municipality]
image by António Martins, 03 Oct 1998
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About the flag

Flag: Yellow, coat of arms in the center. Arms: gueles, on a cross throughout azure fimbriated argent cornered by heart shaped filigrane hearts or, a castle tower or, argent mural crown of four towers (town status), argent scroll reading "VILA DA PÓVOA DE LANHOSO".
António Martins, 03 Oct 1998


Version without the coat of arms

Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have armless variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999


Presentation of Póvoa de Lanhoso

This municipality has 21 810 inhabitants in 132 km2 and belongs to the old province of Minho, to the region to be of Entre-Douro-e-Minho and to the current Braga District.
António Martins, 03 Oct 1998