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![[Castanheira (Trancoso) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-tcscs.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 21 June 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 June 2025
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 21 June 2025
Shield Argent a chestnut tree eradicated Vert fructed Or, in chief a six pointed estoile Azure, on base wavy Azure a barrulet wavy Argent.
Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading
in black upper case serifed letters "CASTANHEIRA - TRANCOSO".
Meaning:
The word "_castanheira_" means "chestnut tree" with the female form is meaning a larger tree); the arms are partly canting.
The star on the arms refers possibly to the Star Range (_Serra da Estrela_, q.v.), although it lays some 20 km to the south, and it is unusually shown here with 6 points, instead of the usual 5.
The wavy base on the arms very likely stands for the Teja River.
Sources: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage, official municipal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 June 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 15 November 2010, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 June 2025
Castanheira is one of the 15 communes of Trancoso Municipality created by the merger during the 2013 changes. It had 165 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 8,85 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 June 2025
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