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 image by Ivan Sache, 
4 November 2021
 
image by Ivan Sache, 
4 November 2021 
The municipality of Lebon Régis (12,133 inhabitants in 2018; 94,057 ha) is 
located 360 km west of Florianópolis.
Lebon Régis was established in the 
1950s as Santo Antônio do Trombudo. Located on the route used by tropeiros to 
convey cattle between Curitibanos and Caçador, the settlement swiftly increased.
The district of Lebon Régis was established in 1938, to be elevated a 
municipality by State Law No. 387 promulgated on 21 June 1950, merging with the 
district of São Sebastião do Sul.
The municipality is named for General 
Gustavo Lebon Régis, who was Secretary General of Santa Catarina State during 
the Contestado War (1912-1916) and commanded the first attack against Taquaruçu, 
one of the rebels' biggest stronghold.
Lebon Régis was proclaimed "Heart 
of the Contestado" by State Law No. 1,766 promulgated on 10 January 2018. The 
most significant battles of the conflict took place on the present-day's 
municipal territory of Lebon Régis.
An airfield was built on Tapera do 
Claudiano, part of the municipality, to attack the rebels in Santa Maria. 
Aircrafts never landed there but were actually used from other airfields. The 
Contestado War was therefore the first conflict in America where aviation was 
uaed. Lieutenant Ricardo João Kirk was the first airman killed in action in 
America.
https://www.lebonregis.sc.gov.br/ 
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 4 November 2021
The flag of Lebon Régis is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 245 promulgated on 
5 November 1980.
Article 1.
The municipal flag shall have the 
following heraldic description. Composed of a cream field, charged in the center 
with the municipal arms.
Article 2.
The design of the municipal flag 
shall obey the following rules.
a) The length shall be 1.30 m and the width 
90 cm.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/l/lebon-regis/lei-ordinaria/1980/25/245/lei-ordinaria-n-245-1980-institui-a-bandeira-do-municipio-de-lebon-regis
Leis Municipais database
The coat of arms of Lebon Régis is composed 
of an Iberian shield, with the point formed by a semi-circle, in use in Portugal 
at the time of the discovery and colonization of Brazil. According to Brazilian 
heraldists, this is the most appropriate shape for Brazilian towns. In Brazilian 
heraldry, it evokes the origin of the race, whose formation was based on 
Portuguese as its primary ethnical element.
The four-towered mural crown is 
the proper and consecrated emblem of municipalities and their administrative 
autonomy.
The Brazilian pine and the butia palm represent main sources of 
income for the municipality in the past, timber extraction and butia industrial 
cropping.
The stylized profiles of a pig's head and a bovine's head, 
representing the base of local, in development, cattle-breeding.
The stylized 
maize and soybean plants represent the new crops in Lebon Régis and their 
significance for agricultural, as well as a promising future for farmers' 
families development.
The stylized bunch of grape and apple represent fruit 
cultivation, which is a source of income for the municipality.
Date "19 
December 1958" represents the date of political and administrative emancipation 
of Lebon Régis.
https://www.lebonregis.sc.gov.br/cms/pagina/ver/codMapaItem/50330 
Municipal website
Photos
https://www.jornalextrasc.com.br/noticias/detalhes/prefeitura-de-lebon-regis-participa-de-missa-em-homenagem-ao-poder-publico-na-trezena-de-santo-antonio-3191
https://www.cacador.net/noticias/esporte/2018/12/10/conquista-xadrez-de-lebon-regis-e-campeao-da-18-olesc-41884
https://i2.wp.com/desacato.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Prefeitura-de-Lebon-Régis-com-a-bandeira-do-Contestado-2017.jpg
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituralebonregis/photos/2999884363590174 
https://radiofraiburgo.fm.br/lebon-regis-confirma-os-primeiros-casos-de-covid-19/ 
Ivan Sache, 4 November 2021