São Pedro de Nordestinho Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de São Pedro de Nordestinho, Concelho de Nordeste, Açores

Last modified: 2024-07-06 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: sao pedro de nordestinho | key | compass rose | holstein cow |
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• About the flag
• Presentation of São Pedro de Nordestinho

• Nordeste Municipality
• Portugal

About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 June 2024

Shield Vert, a plate charged with a compass rose of Gules and Or, in chief a key Argent set in fess, in base a Holstein cow statant proper armed Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "SÃO PEDRO DE NORDESTINHO".
Meaning:
The key is an attribute of St. Peter, name giver of the commune and local patron saint.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2018

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: II Série on 26 November 2007
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2018

Presentation of São Pedro de Nordestinho

São Pedro de Nordestinho Commune is one of the nine communes of Nordeste Municipality; it had 274 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 12.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2018

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