![[Castelo Novo commune]](../images/p/pt-fndcn.gif)
Last modified: 2014-08-30 by klaus-michael schneider
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2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 26 June 2009
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered background of yellow and blue (town rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 June 2009
![[Castelo Novo commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-fndcn).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 26 June 2009
The arms are Azure a castle Or masoned Sable with port and windows Gules, in base a fountain effervescent Argent and Azure. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "CASTELO NOVO".
Meaning:
"Castelo novo" means "new castle", making these arms partly canting.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 June 2009
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal _Diárioda República : III Série_ in 2002.11.19
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 June 2009
Castelo Novo Commune is one of the 23 communes of Fundão Municipality (q.v.); it had 406 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 40,51 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Aug 2014
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