Viseu District (Portugal)

Last modified: 2003-04-05 by antonio martins
Keywords: viseu | castle (red) | stars: 24 | star: 6 points (red) |
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• Description of the flag
• Presentation of the district
• Emblem detail

• Municipalities in this district:
  • Armamar
  • Carregal do Sal
  • Castro Daire
  • Cinfães
  • Lamego
  • Mangualde
  • Moimenta da Beira
  • Mortágua
  • Nelas
  • Oliveira de Frades
  • Penalva do Castelo
  • Penedono
  • Resende
  • Santa Comba Dão
  • São João da Pesqueira
  • São Pedro do Sul
  • Sátão
  • Sernancelhe
  • Tabuaço
  • Tarouca
  • Tondela
  • Vila Nova de Paiva
  • Viseu
  • Vouzela
• Portuguese district flags
• Portugal

• In the district government official website big image of the logo can be found.
  reported by Pascal Vagnat, 21 Feb 1999

The flag features a device on a white background, with two blue wavy stripes running out of phase (the bottom one is "W" and the top one is "M"); these stand for the rivers Vouga and Douro.
Antonio Martins, 30 Jul 1999

This district has an area of 4954 km², and a population of 399 150 inhabitants as of 1990, living in 24 municipalities.
António Martins, 24 Jul 2001

The seal of the Viseu District features a red castle tower surronded by 24 stars, the number of municipalities in this district.
António Martins, 07 Jan 1998

A central device that might be colored armorial seal (but the charges are not those of the Viseu municipal arms), surrounded by 24 six-pointed red stars, symbolizing the district’s municipalities.
Antonio Martins, 30 Jul 1999