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Now, this is a fairly typical portuguese municipal
flag, with the coat of arms centered on a
white and green quartered background. Flag and arms adopted
and published in the official journal
Diário do Governo : II
Série in 1972.06.30, an unusually late
date.
António Martins, 11 Sep 2007
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The shield of the coat of arms. It shows a flag, and it also shows
on a flag.
António Martins, 29 Sep 2007
The arms are Argent under a flag per pale turned sinister dancetty Argent
and Vert staffed Sable a latin cross fleury Vert void of the field and both
between two rope coils Purpure. Mural crown argent with four visible towers
(town rank) and white scroll reading in black
upper case letters "Benavente".
António Martins, 30 Sep 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
The current flag was approved relatively late, surely
after an agreement was reached between the local government and the heraldic
authority. This happens not rarely, but this time the previous arms, over
which the disagreement was about, were used on a flag.
António Martins, 30 Sep 2007
Benavente municipality had 23 256 inhabitants in 2001 and consists of
4 communes covering 521,47 km². It is part of
Santarém District, traditional province
Ribatejo, 1999 ref. adm. region Estremadura e
Ribatejo, current C.C.R. / NUTS II Alentejo, pre-2002 C.C.R. / NUTS II Lisboa
e Vale do Tejo, and NUTS III Lezíria do Tejo.
António Martins, 30 Sep 2007
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