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It is a fairily typical portuguese municipal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on a white
and blue gyronny (city rank) background. This flag and arms were adopted
and published in the official journal
Diário da República : III
Série in 2000.12.19.
António Martins, 03 Nov 2007 and 2010
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The arms are Vert issuant from a campaign wavy wavy
Argent and Azure a two-towered suspension bridge Argent masoned and litten
Sable and on chief a cogwheel Or surrounded by two bundles of rye of
four ears each Or tied Argent. Mural crown argent with five visible towers
(town rank) and white scroll reading in black
upper case letters "Trofa".
António Martins, 03 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
Trofa municipality had 37 581 inhabitants in 2001, and it consists of
8 communes, covering 71,73 km². It is part of
Porto District, traditional province
Douro Litoral, and 1999 ref. adm. region
Entre-Douro-e-Minho, C.C.R. / NUTS II Norte,
and NUTS III Ave.
António Martins, 03 Nov 2007
Municipality of Santo Tirso had
recently it’s western half made the new municipality of Trofa.
António Martins, 14 Jul 1999
"Trofa" comes from Arabic for "frontier", wich is not depicted in
the arms. These in turn show the local drawbridge.
António Martins, 03 Nov 2007
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