![[Cantanhede municipality]](../images/p/pt-cnt.gif)
Last modified: 2014-10-25 by klaus-michael schneider
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2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2000
It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field gyronny (city rank) of yellow and purple.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2000
![[Cantanhede municipality CoA]](../images/p/pt-cnt).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 25 Feb 2000
The coat of arms is Argent, a pear tree Proper fruited Or between two grapes, fruited purple; in chief azure an annulet Or with a ruby between two fleurs-de-lis Or. Mural crown Argent with five visible towers (city rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "CIDADE DE CANTANHEDE".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2000
Cantanhede was uprgraded to city and seat of a municipality on 16 August 1991. Flag and arms were adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 14 February 1992.
Sérgio Horta, 25 Feb 2000
![[Cantanhede municipality plain]](../images/p/pt-cnt0.gif)
2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, Apr 2010
Cantanhede municipality had 37 000 inhabitants in 1990, and it is divided in 14 communes, covering 397 km². It belongs to the Coimbra District and to the old province of Beira Litoral.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2000
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