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Last modified: 2015-11-20 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Ínsua commune]](../images/p/pt-pctin.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 16 Apr 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field (village rank).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Aug 2014
![[Ínsua commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-pctin).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Aug 2014
The arms are Or parted per saltire wavy Azure, in base quarter a bunch of grapes Vert fruited Purpure, in the other quarters an olive branch Proper, all superimposed in heart point by a fleur de lis Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "ÍNSUA - PENALVA DO CASTELO".
Source: I spotted this flag on 29 September 2013 in a polling station in Penalva do Castelo.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Aug 2014
Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 21 June 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Nov 2015
Ínsua is one of the 11 communes of Penalva do Castelo municipality covering 9.7 km². It had 2045 inhabitants in 2011.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Aug 2014
back to Penalva do Castelo Communes click here
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