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2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 20 Dec 2006
It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on a yellow
and blue quartered background (town rank).
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal
Diário do Governo : I
Série in 1939.05.02.
António Martins, 20 Dec 2006
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The arms are argent above three wavy fesses azure in counterchief and
between an orbicular cross gules at dexter and a
cross patty gules voided an
escutcheon charged with five plates per saltire
and on a chief gules a feather or per fess. Mural crown argent with four
visible towers (town rank) and white scroll
reading in black upper case letters "VILA DE REI".
António Martins, 20 Dec 2006
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
Vila de Rei municipality had 3242 inhabitants in 2001, and it is divided in
3 communes, covering 191,6 km². It is part
of: Castelo Branco District,
traditional province Beira Baixa, 1999 ref. adm.
region Beira Interior, C.C.R. / NUTS II Centro and NUTS III Pinhal Interior
Sul. "Vila de rei" means "king’s town", showing a royal historical
connection which is reflected in the quina
escutcheon.
António Martins, 20 Dec 2006
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