Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo Municipality (Portugal)

Concelho de Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Distrito da Guarda

Last modified: 2014-08-30 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: figueira de castelo rodrigo | lion(red) | leaves(8) | fig leaf |
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• About the flag
• Version without coat of arms
• Presentation of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

• Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo Communes
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• Page about Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo at the Portuguese Municipalities’s Association website (incl. image of the arms)
  reported by António Martins, 18 Nov 2001

About the flag

It is a fairly typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red background. Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República : III Série in 1986.06.11, a remarkably late date.
António Martins, 20 Mar 2007

Coat of arms

The arms are Argent a lion Gules and eight fig leaves Vert. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "Vila de Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo". "Figueira" means "(common) fig (tree)", which makes the arms partly canting.
António Martins, 20 Mar 2007

Version without the 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 July 1999

Presentation of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo municipality had 7158 inhabitants in 2001 and consists of 17 communes covering 508,57 km². It is part of Guarda District, traditional province Beira Alta, 1999 ref. adm. region Beira Interior, C.C.R. / NUTS II Centro, and NUTS III Beira Interior Norte.
António Martins, 20 Mar 2007

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