Santo Emilião Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Santo Emilião, Concelho de Póvoa de Lanhoso, Distrito de Braga

Last modified: 2016-06-25 by klaus-michael schneider
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2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 May 2016

2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 May 2016

• About the flag
• Presentation of Santo Emilião

• Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality
• Portugal

About the Flag

It is a slightly untypical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms, having a light background colour, centred on a plain white field.
Sources: here and here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 May 2016

Shield Or, with base wavy of Azure and Argent (see left image above), or in base a bar wavy Azure charged with a barrulet wavy Argent (see right image above), a vine plant Sable, leaved Vert and fruited Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "SANTO EMILIÃO".
Sources: here and this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 May 2016

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 14 February 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 May 2016

Presentation of Santo Emilião

Santo Emilião Commune is one of the 22 communes of Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality; it had 890 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 1.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 May 2016

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