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1 February 2022
The municipality of Cianorte (84,980 inhabitants in 2021; 81,167 ha) is
located 550 km north-west of Curitiba. The municipality is composed of the
districts of Cianorte (seat), São Lourenço (2,395 inh. in 2020) and Vidigal
(1,974 inh.).
Cianorte was established on 26 July 1953 by Companhia
Melhoramentos Norte do Paraná, therefore its name formed on "Cia", the
abbreviation of "Companhia" and "norte". The town's main source of income was
coffee cultivation, until frost events suppressed the crop in the late 1970s.
Cianorte then turned to clothing industry; today the National Capital of
Clothing, Cianorte has more than 460 companies and 600 brands, employing more
than 15,000 workers, that is, more than 1/5 of the town's population. Regional
indirect employment accounts for another 30,000 jobs. Most companies have their
showroom on a street known as Fashion Street, which was completely revamped in
2006. Expovest, one of the main fairs dedicated to clothing in South Brazil, has
been organized every year in Cianorte since 990.
https://www.cianorte.pr.gov.br/
Municipal website
The flag and arms of Cianorte are prescribed by
Municipal Law No. 224 promulgated on 26 June 1974.
Article 6.
The
municipal flag of Cianorte, designed by Arcinoe Antonio Peixoto de Faria, shall
be quartered per saltire, the blue quarters being formed by four white stripes
of 2 units in width superimposed with red stripes of 1 unit in width, placed two
by two in bend and bend sinister, starting from the angles of a central white
rectangle charged with the municipal coat of arms.
§1. In compliance with the
tradition of Portuguese heraldry, of which Brazil inherited its canons and
rules, municipal flags shall be divided into eight, six, four or three parts,
using the same color as the field of the coat of arms and featuring in the
center or at hoist a geometric figure charged with the municipal coat of arms.
§2. The municipal flag of Cianorte obeys the general rule, being quartered per
saltire composed of stripes connecting the flag's cantons and crossing each
other in the center, which features a geometric figure charged with the coat of
arms. The coat of arms in the center of the flag symbolizes the municipal
government while the white circle inscribing it represents the town proper as
the seat of the municipality. The circle is the heraldic symbol of eternity,
being a geometric figure without either a beginning or an end. White is a symbol
of peace, friendship, work, prosperity, purity and religious spirit. The white
stripes superimposed with red stripes symbolize the municipal power spreading to
all the parts of the territory. Red is a symbol of dedication, patriotic love,
audacity, intrepidity, courage and valiance. The blue quarters represent the
rural estates existing on the municipal territory. Blue is a symbol of justice,
nobleness, perseverance, zeal and loyalty.
Article 7.
In compliance
with heraldic rules, the municipal flag shall have the official dimensions
prescribed for the national flag, 14 units in width on 20 units in length.
Article 19.
The coat of arms of the municipality of Cianorte is described
in proper heraldic language as follows:
A Samnite shield surmounted by an
eight-towered mural crown argent. On a field azure a honeycomb or four bees
argent in canton; a terrestrial globe argent with continents gules in base a
hunting horn outlined argent.
The shield supported dexter and sinister by
branches of coffee fructed proper crossed in base superimposed with a scroll
gules inscribed in letters argent the toponym "CIANORTE" surrounded by years
"1953" and "1963".
The coat of arms shall have the following symbolic
interpretation.
a) The Samnite shield used to represent the arms of Cianorte
was the first style of shield introduced to Portugal by French influence;
inherited by Brazilian heraldry, it evokes the colonizing race, main builder of
the Brazilian nation.
b) The mural crown surmounting the shield is the
universal symbol of domains' coats of arms; argent (silver), with eight towers,
only five of them visible in perspective view, it classifies a 2nd rank town,
seat of a county.
c) Azure (blue) is a symbol of justice, nobleness,
perseverance, zeal and loyalty; or is a symbol of glory, splendor, greatness,
wealth and sovereignty.
d) The bees are a symbol of the efficient work that
built the town's greatness.
e) Argent (silver) is the heraldic symbol of
peace, friendship, work, prosperity, purity and religious spirit.
f) The
terrestrial globe symbolizes the melting-pot of races coming from all over the
world and contributing through their work and knowledge to the progress of a
cosmopolitan town.
g) Gules (red) is a symbol of dedication, patriotic love,
audacity, intrepidity, courage and valiance.
h) The hunting horn represents
cattle-breeding as one of the municipality's main sources of income.
i) The
outer ornaments, branches of coffee fructed proper, represent the main crop
offered by the fertile and generous land.
j) The scroll is inscribed with the
toponym surrounded by dates of foundation ("1953") and elevation to a county
("1963").
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/pr/c/cianorte/lei-ordinaria/1974/23/224/lei-ordinaria-n-224-1974-dispoe-sobre-a-forma-e-a-apresentacao-dos-simbolos-do-municipio-de-cianorte-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
The flags in use differ by the width of the
red stripes and the size of the white circle.
Photos
- large red
stripes
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradecianorte/photos/2022595777892799
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradecianorte/photos/2019253474893696
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradecianorte/photos/2017899981695712
https://www.facebook.com/CamaradeVereadoresdeCianorte/photos/6534465086565357
- thinner red stripes
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradecianorte/photos/2018419138310463
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradecianorte/photos/1985601978258846
https://www.facebook.com/CamaradeVereadoresdeCianorte/photos/6549279061750626
https://www.facebook.com/CamaradeVereadoresdeCianorte/photos/6448691851809348
![[Flag of Cianorte, PR (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-pr-077a.gif)
image by Ivan Sache,
1 February 2022
- very thin red stripes, small circle
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradecianorte/photos/2018664761619234
![[Flag of Cianorte, PR (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-pr-077b.gif)
image by Ivan Sache,
1 February 2022
