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![[Benquerenças commune]](../images/p/pt-ctbbq.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 13 July 2009
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 July 2009
![[Benquerenças commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-ctbbq).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 13 July 2009
The arms are Purpure a daisy Argent eradicated seeded Or, in chief a goat passant Argent between two millstones Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BENQUERENÇAS".
Meaning:
"Benquerença" (sing.) means "well-wish(ing)"; no canting. Back in 1993 me and vexillologist José Luís Mendes (with local ancestry) devised a CoA proposal for this commune which was (IIRRC) Vair and on a chief Sable an ant passant Or, which was not considered at the time (flag was proposed to be quartered of vair and black, would would have been unique.).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 July 2009
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 3 January 2002
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 July 2009
Benquerenças Commune is one of the 19 communes of Castelo Branco Municipality (q.v.); it had 720 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 61.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Mar 2016
back to Castelo Branco Communes click here
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