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Paços Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Paços, Concelho da Fafe, Distrito de Braga

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Dec 2024

Paços Commune

Flag
Flag in Use
Coat of Arms
Presentation of Paços

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Paços Commune

Flag

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Dec 2024

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Dec 2024

Flag in Use

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain light celestial blue field (see image at top).
Source: Fafe TV
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Dec 2024

Shield Argent a fess Sable, semi of 12-point stars alternating of Argent and Or and ordered in two fesses, on chief two ravens Sable statant addorsed, on base a grape bunch Purpure leafed Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "PASSOS - FAFE".
The arms on the flag in use are slightly different. The grape bunch is light celestial blue, the same tincture as the sheet of the flag. The inscription was changed to "PAÇOS - FAFE"
Meaning:
The ravens are an attribute of St. Vincent, the local patron saint. The grape bunch is symbolising viticulture.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Dec 2024

Not published in Diário da República, but draft made by Comissão de Heráldica da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses (CHAAP) on 9 December 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Dec 2024

Presentation of Paços

Paços, named Passos until 2 July 2020 (alteration published in Diário da República: I Série on 3 July 2020),is one of the 17 communes of Fafe Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 1015 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 4,1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Dec 2024