Last modified: 2017-07-01 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Sâo Pedro da Cadeira commune]](../images/p/pt-tvdsp.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 19 May 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: phone call to communal government headquarters
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 May 2017
![[Sâo Pedro da Cadeira commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-tvdsp).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 19 May 2017
Shield Argent with base wavy of Vert, Argent and Azure, a chair Gules garnished Or and on its backrest charged with a Papal cross Argent, flanked in chief by two grapevines Purpure leaved Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black upper case letters "S. PEDRO DA CADEIRA".
Meaning:
The toponym means literally St. Peter of the Chair (canting arms), a name taken from the Catholic parish, the commune was created from in the 1830s. The papal cross here seems to be an attribute of the saint. The wavy base in both green and blue denotes, as usual, the local importance of the commune's both riverside and coastal location.
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 May 2017
Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 15 March 2003
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 May 2017
Sâo Pedro da Cadeira Commune is one of the 13 communes of Torres Vedras Municipality; it had 5077 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 23.2 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 May 2017
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