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Aboim das Choças Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Aboim das Choças, Concelho de Arcos de Valdevez, Distrito de Viana do Castelo

Last modified: 2014-08-13 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Aboim das Choças commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 16 Jan 2009
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Jan 2009

Coat of arms

[ commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 16 Jan 2009

The arms are Azure on a fess wavy Argent a fess wavy Azure and in chief a palm Or placed in fess above three stones Argent garnished Sable set in fess and in base a castle wall Argent masoned Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "ABOIM DAS CHOÇAS".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Jan 2009

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 1997.03.30
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Jan 2009

Presentation of Aboim das Choças

Aboim das Choças Commune is one of the 36 communes of Arcos de Valdevez Municipality (q.v.); it had 354 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 1,80 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Jan 2009

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