Candedo Commune (Portugal) (original) (raw)

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Freguesia de Candedo, Concelho de Vinhais, Distrito de Bragança

Last modified: 2017-01-06 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: candedo(vinhais) | chestnut |
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[](../images/p/pt-vnhca.gif)2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 17 Dec 2016

• About the flag
• Presentation of Candedo See also:
• Vinhais Municipality
• Portugal
• Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: this photo
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Dec 2016

Coat of arms

[.gif)](../images/p/pt-vnhca%29.gif)image by Sérgio Horta, 17 Dec 2016

The shield of the arms is Argent a depiction of a chestnut fruit Argent, cracked to show inside three chestnuts Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "CANDEDO - VINHAIS".
Source:
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Dec 2016

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Dec 2016

Presentation of Candedo

Candedo Commune is one of the 26 communes of Vinhais Municipality; it had 331 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 22.2 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Dec 2016

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