Penalva do Castelo Municipality (Portugal)

Concelho de Penalva do Castelo, Distrito de Viseu

Last modified: 2014-11-01 by klaus-michael schneider
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2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 20 May 2007

2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Oct 2014

• About the Flag
• Version without Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Penalva do Castelo

• Penalva do Castelo Communes
• Portugal

About the Flag

It is a fairly typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow background.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2007

The arms Sable between two fesses wavy Azure fimbriated Argent and two branches of olive Or set in fess a bunch of grapes of the Same. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "PENALVA DO CASTELO".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2007

Flag and coat of arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário do Governo : I Série in1941.03.22.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2007

Version without Coat of Arms

Plain (monocoloured) portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have variations without arms: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999

Presentation of Penalva do Castelo

Penalva do Castelo municipality had 9019 inhabitants in 2001 and consists of 11 communes covering 135,93 km². It is part of Viseu District, traditional province Beira Alta, 1999 ref. adm. region Beira Interior, C.C.R. / NUTS II Centro, and NUTS III Dão-Lafões.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2007

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