Alcains Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Alcains, Concelho de Castelo Branco, Distrito de Castelo Branco

Last modified: 2025-03-08 by klaus-michael schneider
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2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Mar 2016

2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Mar 2016

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Alcains Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of purple and yellow.
Sources: Sérgio Horta´s webpage and here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Mar 2016

Coat of Arms

Shield Purpure, in chief chiseler´s tools Argent hilted Or in saltire, superimposed by a paly plummet Argent garnished and hung at filament Sable, in base three sheep statant Or ordered 2:1. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "ALCAINS" (see left imageabove) or "VILA DE ALCAINS" (see right imageabove).
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Mar 2016

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 28 June 2024, see here, approved after 32 years in use.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Jan 2025

Presentation of Alcains

Alcains is one of the 13 communes of Castelo Branco Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 5022 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 37,0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Mar 2016

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