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It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms
centered on a background gyronny (meaning city
rank) of yellow and green. The coat of arms is gules, before three
wavy fesses argent, azure, argent, a castle or masoned sable and open
vert, issuant from the ventral tower, a gauntlet argent holding a club or.
Mural crown argent with five visible towers (city
rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters
"TORRES NOVAS".
António Martins, 08 Aug 1999
Torres Novas municipality had 37 400 inhabitants in 1990, and it
is divided in 16 communes, covering 270 km2. It belongs to the
Santarém District and to the old province of
Ribatejo.
António Martins, 08 Aug 1999