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Vinhais Municipality (Portugal)

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[Vinhais municipality]
image by António Martins, 13 Jun 2000
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About the flag

It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centered on a white and black quartered (town rank) background. The coat of arms is gules, a tower argent open sable between four bunches (?) of grapes of the same. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA DE VINHAIS". The coat of arms is partly canting, as "vinhais" is one of many words meaning "vineyards".
António Martins, 13 Jun 2000


Presentation of Vinhais

Vinhais municipality had 12 090 inhabitants in 1990, and it is divided in 35 communes, covering 710 km2. It belongs to the Bragança District of and to the old province of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro.
António Martins, 13 Jun 2000