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![[Ribamondego commune flag]](../images/p/pt-gvarm.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 13 Feb 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Feb 2025
![[Ribamondego commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-gvarm).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 13 Feb 2025
Shield Purple two goats Argent respectant, in chief a millstone Or, issuant from a base wavy Azure charged with a barrulet wavy Argent a mound Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "RIBAMONDEGO".
Meaning:
The word "ribamondego" is a rare amalgamation of two nouns, meaning Cliff/Margin (of the) Mondego River. Until 1954 this settlement (and therefore the commune seated in it) was named instead Cabra. This word means "ninny goat", therefore the arms are partly canting for both, the previous and the current toponyms.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 18 July 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Feb 2025
Ribamondego is one of the ten communes of Gouveia Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 262 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 7,55 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Feb 2025
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