Last modified: 2010-11-06 by antónio martins
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It is a fairily typical portuguese municipal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on a
white and red background quarterly
(town rank). This flag and arms were adopted and
published in the official journal
Diário da República : III
Série in 2003.05.28, an unusually (very‼) late date. Recent
depictions of the coat of arms show a similar design but quite different from
the usual practice in its details; disagreement over this between the local
Municipal Goverment and the heraldic authority may have postponed the official
adoption of the arms all these decades (comparable towns got their arms back
in the 1930ies).
António Martins, 07 Nov 2007
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The arms are Gules three towers Argent masoned sable open and litten Gules
and the middle one higher and roofed and bearing a carved coat of arms and a
clock, each tower on one of three islets Sable issuant from a campaign wavy
Argent charged with a fess wavy Azure. Mural crown argent with four visible
towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in
black upper case letters "Caminha".
António Martins, 07 Nov 2007
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
Caminha municipality had 17 069 inhabitants in 2001, and it
consists of 20 communes, covering
129,66 km². It is part of of Viana do
Castelo District, traditional province
Minho, 1999 ref. adm. region
Entre Douro e Minho, C.C.R. / NUTS II Norte,
and NUTS III Minho-Lima.
"Caminha" means both "[do] walk" (from v. "caminhar")
and "bedlet" (dim. of "cama", "bed"), but the actual etymology
of this toponym is yet another.
António Martins, 07 Nov 2007
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