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Bensafrim e Barão de São João Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Bensafrim e Barão de São João, Concelho de Lagos, Distrito de Faro

Last modified: 2014-11-08 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Barão de São João commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 29 Oct 2010
flag of former Barão de São João commune
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Former Barão de São João Commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 Oct 2010

Coat of arms

[Barão de São João commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 29 Oct 2010

The arms are Vert a Paschal Lamb Argent nimbed Or with a pendon Argent on a staff Or and charged with a cross throughout Gules, in chief a baron's coronet Proper. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BARÃO DE SÃO JOÃO - LAGOS".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 Oct 2010

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 28 January 2000
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 Oct 2010

Presentation of Barão de São João

Barão de São João Commune is one of the four communes of Lagos Municipality (q.v.); it had 804 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 52,63 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 Oct 2010

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