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Lavrinhas

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Template:Infobox Municipality BR Lavrinhas is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil.

Location

Lavrinhas is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte.[1] The population is 7,052 (2015 est.) in an area of 167.07 km².[2] The elevation is 508 m (1,667 ft). The state of Minas Gerais is bounded to the north.

The municipality contains part of the 292,000 hectares (720,000 acres) Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, created in 1982 to protect the sources of the Paraíba do Sul river.[3]

Coat of arms

Its coat of arms has a red shield with the tag at the bottom reading Cave nam Viglio with two soldiers on each side and with three swords over three mountaintops coloured in orange.

Flag

Its flag colors are white on the left side and yellow on the right side with its coat of arms of the left. The line is not straight.

Population history

Year Population
2000 6,008
2004 6,692
2015 7,052

References

  1. ^ Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo, Lei Complementar Nº 1.166
  2. ^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
  3. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Área de Proteção Ambiental Bacia Hidrográfica do Paraíba do Sul (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-10-01