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Raposa Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Raposa, Concelho de Almeirim, Distrito de Santarém

Last modified: 2014-09-06 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Raposa commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta,modified by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg,19 Oct 2011
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 Dec 2010

Coat of arms

[Raposa commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta,,modified by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg,19 Oct 2011

The arms are Vert a vixen Argent garnished Sable with eye Gules and two sheaves of rice Or tied Gules all set in one and two, basewavy of Azure and Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading "RAPOSA - ALMEIRIM" in black upper case letters.
Meaning:
"Raposa" means "vixen", so the arms are canting.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 Dec 2010

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 1999.03.05
António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 Dec 2010

Presentation of Raposa

Raposa Commune is one of the four communes of Almeirim Municipality (q.v.); it had 548 inhabitants in 2011 covering 65,42 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2014

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