Penafiel Municipality (Portugal)

Concelho de Penafiel, Distrito de Porto

Last modified: 2014-08-30 by klaus-michael schneider
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• About the flag
• Version without coat of arms
• Presentation of Penafiel

• Penafiel Communes
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• Page about Penafiel at the Portuguese Municipalities’s Association website (incl. image of the arms)
  reported by António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Nov 2001

About the flag

It is a fairily typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a white and red gyronny (city rank) background. Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República : I Série in 1984.06.18, an unusually late date.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 May 2007

The arms are Azure between two swords Argent pointing upwards an eagle displayed Or armed and langued Sable and charged with a Christ Knights Order cross. Mural crown argent with five visible towers (city rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "Cidade de Penafiel".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 May 2007

Version without coat of arms

Presentation of Penafiel

Penafiel municipality had 71 801 inhabitants in 2001 and consists of 28 communes covering 212,82 km². It is part of Porto District, traditional province Douro Litoral, 1999 ref. adm. region Entre Douro e Minho, C.C.R. / NUTS II Norte, and NUTS III Tâmega. "Penafiel" is a portmanteau for "pena fiel", which means something "loyal cliff"; no canting.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 May 2007

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