![[Torres Novas municipality]](../images/p/pt-tnv.gif)
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2:3 image by André Serranho, 8 Aug 1999
It is a fairly typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field gyronny (meaning city rank) of yellow and green.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Aug 1999
![[Torres Novas municipality CoA]](../images/p/pt-tnv).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 8 Aug 1999
The coat of arms is Gules, before three wavy fesses Argent - Azure - Argent, a castle Or masoned Sable with port and windows Vert, issuant from the ventral tower, a gauntlet argent holding a club Or. Mural crown Argent with five visible towers (city rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "TORRES NOVAS".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Aug 1999
Flag and arms were adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 7 August 1986. Torred Novas was made a city and seat of a municipality on 14 August 1985
Sérgio Horta, 8 Aug 1999
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2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, Apr 2010
Torres Novas municipality had 37 400 inhabitants in 1990, and it is divided in 10 communes, covering 270 km². It belongs to the Santarém District and to the old province of Ribatejo.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Aug 1999
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