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Estarreja Municipality (Portugal)

Concelho de Estarreja, Distrito de Aveiro

2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Sérgio Horta, 6 Nov 2015

About the Flag
Former Symbols
Version without Coat of Arms
Presentation of

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About the Flag

It is a quite typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a background gyronny of 8 of blue and yellow with centred arms..
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2015

Coat of arms

image by Sérgio Horta, 29 Nov 2006

The coat of arms is Sable on a bend wavy Azure fimbriated Argent between six ears of corn three fish hauriant Argent. Mural crown Argent with five visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "ESTARREJA".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 Nov 2006 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2015

Meaning:
The arms celebrate local agriculture and fishing; local river is Antuã, but the municipality lies in the Aveiro lagoon with many tidal streams.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Nov 2006

Former Symbols

2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Sérgio Horta, 6 Nov 2015

It was a quite typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a background quartered of yellow and blue. The arms had a mural crown with four visible towers, a scroll reading "VILA DE ESTARREJA". The shield was the same as the current one.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Nov 2006

Former flag and arms were adopted and published in the official journal Diário do Governo : I Série on 17 January 1936, the new symbols are in use at least since 26 January 2012.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Dec 2015

Version without Coat of Arms

2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, Apr 2010

Presentation of Estarreja

Estarreja municipality had 28 279 inhabitants in 2000 and it is divided in 5 communes, covering 108,4 km². It belongs to: Aveiro District, traditional province Beira Litoral, C.C.R./NUT2 and 1999 ref. adm. region Centro.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Nov 2006

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