Last modified: 2014-08-09 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: vila de rei(freg.) | triangulation pillar | hill | pebbles |
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![[Vila de Rei commune]](../images/p/pt-vlrvr.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 20 Mar 2008
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Mar 2008
![[Vila de Rei commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-vlrvr).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 20 Mar 2008
The arms are Argent issuant from a mound vert semy of pebbles Or a triangulation pillar Sable and on a base wavy Argent a bar wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (commune rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "FREGUESIA DE VILA DE REI"
Meaning:
Vila de Rei includes the geographic point usually considered to be the geograpic center of counterminous Portugal (Picoto da Milriça) and the 1st order Portuguese Survey triangulation pillar #1, which is depicted on the arms.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Mar 2008
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República : III Série in 2004.09.22.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Mar 2008
Vila de Rei Commune is one of the three communes of the synonym Municipality; it had 2504 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 142,02 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Mar 2008
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