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2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 15 May 2007
It is a fairly typical portuguese municipal flag, with the
coat of arms centered on a plain blue
background.
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal
Diário da República : I Série in 1936.01.10.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 May 2007
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The arms are Or a castle Azure open
and litten Or above a hound couchant Sable with its front legs crossed
dexter over sinister and orle of fourteen natural (i.e., not heraldic)
roses Gules leved Vert. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town
rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "Vila de
Alenquer".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 May 2007
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
Alenquer municipality had 39 180 inhabitants in 2001 and consists of
16 communes covering 302,18 km². It is part of
Lisboa District, traditional province
Estremadura, 1999 ref. adm. region
Lisboa e Setúbal, current C.C.R. / NUTS II Lisboa, pre-2002 C.C.R. / NUTS II
Lisboa e Vale do Tejo, and NUTS III Oeste.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 May 2007
The arms show an Alani wardog, for Alenquer was
founded (or at least inhabited) by the host of Adax, being the capital of its
brief kingdom in Hispania (in 408-429). (I have no idea about the roses; the
castle may be a trivial reference.)
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 May 2007
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