Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality (Portugal)

Concelho de Póvoa de Lanhoso, Distrito de Braga

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• Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality
• Flag
• Former Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Former Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Póvoa de Lanhoso
See also:
• Póvoa de Lanhoso Communes
• Portugal

Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese municipal flag with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin,

It was a typical Portuguese municipal flag with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin,

Coat of Arms

Shield Gules, on a cross throughout Azure fimbriated, the quarters covered by filigrane hearts Or, a castle tower Or with port and windows Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILA DA PÓVOA DE LANHOSO".
Meaning:
The 1940 grant of a municipal coat of arms for Póvoa de Lanhoso was not the first, and most of the text is about how this design is justified based on feedback from the local authorities and also explains, why some of the details proposed by them were not taken included in the final design — namely the national inescutcheons Azure with plates, see here. Instead, to reflect the historical role of this town, see here, the blue cross of the contemporary (and first) royal arms was used instead.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Nov 2025

Former Coat of Arms

Shield Sable four maize ears Or arrayed in cross and pointing outwards with stems fretty, accompained at the corners by four grape bunches Purple leafed Or. Mural crown and scroll as in current arms.
Meaning:
It was likely created based merely on local farming products, as in so many other such coats of arms created around this time, featuring a notably handsome heraldic arrangement of maize and grapes.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Nov 2025

Current symbols published in Diário do Govêrno: I Série on 28 JUly 1940, see here, former symbols on 20 December 1935.

Presentation of Póvoa de Lanhoso

This municipality has 21 787 inhabitants in 134,65 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-Tuválkin, 3 Oct 1998

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