Commune flags (Portugal)

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Last modified: 2014-07-26 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Rules of Portuguese communal flags
• List of currently covered Portuguese communal flags

• Portugal
• Subdivisions of Portugal
• Portuguese district flags
• Portuguese municipal flags

• Sério Horta’s website, with excellent images

Rules of Portuguese communal flags

Communal flags in Portugal follow the same rules as municipal — in fact, unless you have an atlas built in your brain or it is written on the flag itself, communal and municipal flags are virtually indistinguishable! The flag pattern (quartered or gyronny) and the number of castles on the mural crown of the coat of arms (3, 4 or 5) do indicate the seat’s rank: village (aldeia), town (vila) and city (cidade) — but that is a not so clear indication, since some cities and most towns (new ones) are not municipality seats… So, one is never sure.
António Martins, 06 Mar 1998

My database shows 4179 communes as of early 1998, so a good guess would be 4200 by now… Communes and municipalities span a very wide and overlapping range, both in area and in population.
António Martins, 12 Dec 1999

List of currently covered Portuguese communal flags

This list is growing every week, as material contributed by visitors and list members from the last two years is finally edited. Please check often!

This list is growing every week, as material contributed by visitors and list members from the last two years is finally edited. Please check often!

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