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It is a fairly typical portuguese municipal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on blue and
white gyronny (city rank) background. Flag
and arms adopted and published in the official journal
Diário da República : III
Série in 1987.11.11, a remarkably late date.
António Martins, 3 July 2007
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The arms are Azure issuant from a campaign wavy of six fesses Argent and
Azure a three-arch bridge Argent masoned sable and in chief between two keys Or
with their wards upwards and inwards an escutcheon charged with
Portugal modern. Mural crown argent with five
visible towers (city rank), white scroll reading
in black upper case letters "Cidade de Chaves" and collar of the
Order of Tower and Sword.
António Martins, 3 July 2007
The keys in these arms are canting, for "chaves" means exactly
"keys". It was named Aquæ Flaviæ in Roman times.
António Martins, 4 July 2007
Chaves municipality had 43 667 inhabitants in 2001 and consists of 39
communes covering 590,42 km². It is part of Vila
Real District, traditional province and 1999 ref. adm. region
Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, C.C.R. / NUTS II Norte,
and NUTS III Alto Trás-os-Montes. Chaves is one of the
40
“ancient” (pre-1973) Portuguese cities.
António Martins, 3 July 2007
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