Last modified: 2016-01-09 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: sao jorge(arcos de valdevez) | ermelo(arcos de valdevez) | base(wavy) | dragon | corn(cob) | grapevine |
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![[São Jorge (Arcos de Valdevez) commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-avvse-sg.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 2 Jan 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2016
Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a dragon rampant Gules, accompanied by a corn cob Argent leaved Vert in dexter chief and a grapevine Purpure leaved Vert in sinister chief. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "S. JORGE - ARCOS DE VALDEVEZ".
Meaning:
The dragon is an attribute of St. George, local patron saint and name giver of the commune.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 April 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2016
São Jorge Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Arcos de Valdevez Municipality (q.v.); it had 714 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 11.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2016
Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes doesn't give us any information in his listing of the municipality's communes flags in Freguesias de Portugal, and in communal webpage there is only a plain white shield. Thus we have to conclude that Ermelo had no proper symbols.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2016
Ermelo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Arcos de Valdevez Municipality (q.v.); it had 92 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 12.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2016
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