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It is a fairly typical portuguese municipal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on a green
and black quarterly (town rank) background.
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal
Diário da República : I
Série in 1941.03.22.
António Martins, 17 May 2007
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The arms are Argent a holm oak Vert trunked Sable and fruited Or issuant
from coupaux Sable emphasized Or and flanked at dexter chief by a Christian
King’s head and at dexter chief by a Moorish King’s head and in
campaign a fess wavy Vert on a a fess wavy Argent. Mural crown argent with four
visible towers (town rank) and white scroll
reading in black upper case letters "Vila de São Brás de
Alportel". (Yes, there’s Or on Argent and even Argent on Argent in this coat of
arms!)
António Martins, 17 May 2007
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
São Brás de Alportel municipality had 10 032 inhabitants in 2001 and
consists of a single commune covering 150,05 km².
It is part of São Brás de Alportel District,
traditional province, 1999 ref. adm. region, current C.C.R. / NUTS II, and NUTS
III Algarve.
António Martins, 17 May 2007
It is a fairly typical portuguese communal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on
plain white background. Flag and arms adopted and
published in the official journal
Diário da República : III
Série in 2000.10.03.
António Martins, 30 Nov 2007
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The arms are Vert a cork oak Argent debarked Or and fruited Sable between a
sword Argent set in pale and poining upwards shoved across a open crown crown
Or with three stems at dexter and a crescent Argent surmounted by an estoile Or
at sinister. Mural crown argent with three visible towers
(commune rank) and white scroll reading in black
upper case letters "Freguesia de São Brás de Alportel".
António Martins, 30 Nov 2007
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
São Brás de Alportel Commune is the only one in the eponymous municipality,
and it shares its geographic and demographic data.
António Martins, 30 Nov 2007
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