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Oliveira do Douro Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Oliveira do Douro, Concelho de Cinfães, Distrito de Viseu

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[Oliveira do Douro commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 8 May 2010
flag of former commune
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 May 2010

Coat of arms

[Oliveira do Douro commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 8 May 2010

The arms are Sable an olive tree Or fruited Argent and on a base wavy Argent two barrulets wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "OLIVEIRA DO DOURO - CINFÃES".
Meaning:
"Oliveira do Douro" means exactly "Olive tree on the Douro", the latter being the local river symbolized by the base, and thus the tree and the wavy base make these arms fully canting.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 May 2010

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 18 January 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 May 2010

Presentation of Oliveira do Douro

Oliveira do Douro Commune is one of the 14 communes of Cinfães Municipality (q.v.); it had 1785 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 12,40 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 May 2010

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