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Cernache de Bonjardim, Nesperal e Palhais Commune (Portugal)

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Freguesia de Cernache de Bonjardim, Nesperal e Palhais, Concelho de Sertã, Distrito de Castelo Branco


[Cernache de Bonjardim commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 30 June 2010
flag of former Cernache de Bonjardim commune
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Former Cernache de Bonjardim Commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a white and blue quartered field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 June 2010

Coat of arms

[Cernache de Bonjardim commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 30 June 2010

The arms are Gules on a fess wavy Argent a fess wavy Azure, in chief a cross fleury Argent voided, in base two books Or. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading "CERNACHE DO BONJARDIM" in black upper case letters.
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António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 June 2010

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 8 August 1995
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 June 2010

Presentation of Cernache de Bonjardim

Cernache do Bonjardim Commune was one of the pre-2013communes of Sertã Municipality (q.v.); it had 3283 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 76,06 km². This town was the birthplace of D. Nuno Álvares Pereira, major historical figure, and whose arms were Gules a cross fleury Argent voided. The wavy fess stands for the local, eponymous river, a subtributary of the Tagus.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 June 2010

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