Rapoula do Côa Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Rapoula do Côa, Concelho de Sabugal, Distrito de da Guarda

Last modified: 2016-03-12 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: rapoula do coa | bar(wavy) | billet | cross(christ knights) | crescent |
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• About the flag
• Presentation of Rapoula do Côa

• Sabugal Municipality
• Portugal

About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Mar 2016

Shield Or, a bar wavy Azure charged with a barrulet wavy Argent,issuant from bar five paly billets Purpure, in chief a cross patty Gules charged with a Greek cross Argent, in base a waning crescent Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "RAPOULA DO CÔA".
Meaning:
The cross is alluding to the Order of the Knights of Christ.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Mar 2016

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 19 September 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Mar 2016

Presentation of Rapoula do Côa

Rapoula do Côa Commune is one of the 30 communes of Sabugal Municipality; it had 195 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 7.9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Mar 2016

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