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It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of blue and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2024
Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent parted by a throughout Latin cross Azure charged in its intersection point of bars with a rose Argent seeded Gules and barbed Vert chaussé Vert. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "ALBERGARIA-A-VELHA E VALMAIOR".
Meaning:
The arms are basically those of former the Valmaior Commune with omitted corn cobs and the mitllwheel was replaced by the arms of the former Albergaria-a-Velha Commune. The flag colours are representing both former entities as follows: blue for Albergaria-a-Velha and yellow for Valmaior.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 22 January 2015
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2024
Albergaria-a-Velha e Valmaior is one of the two communes of Albergaria-a-Velha Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 11058 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 47,0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jan 2016
Shield Or parted by a throughout Latin cross Azure charged in its intersection point of bars with a rose Argent seeded Gules and barbed Vert chaussé Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "FREGUESIA DE ALBERGARIA-A-VELHA".
Meaning:
The cross is representing the Holy Cross, which is the local patron.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jan 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 29 June 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jan 2016
was one of the 14 communes of Albergaria-a-Velha Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 8528 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 29.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jan 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage and here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jan 2016
Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent chaussé Vert charged with two corn cobs Or leaved of the same, in chief a watermill´s wheel Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "VALMAIOR".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jan 2016
Survey emitted by Comissão de Heráldica da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses (CHAAP) on 29 July 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jan 2016
Valmaior was one of the 14 communes of Albergaria-a-Velha Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 2040 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 17.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jan 2016
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