Santa Maria, São Pedro e Sobral da Lagoa Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Santa Maria, São Pedro e Sobral da Lagoa, Concelho de Óbidos, Distrito de Le

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• Former Sobral da Lagoa Commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of

• Óbidos Municipality
• Portugal

Former Sobral da Lagoa Vommune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a quartered red and white field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Aug 2010

The arms are Argent a bundle of three arrows Sable pointing upwards tied Gules, flanked by two cork oaks Vert peeled Gules, on a base wavy Vert two barrulets wavy Argent, in chief between two upwards pointing crescents Gules an inescutcheon Azure ten plates ordered 2:3:2:3. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SOBRAL DA LAGOA".
Meaning:
"Sobral da Lagoa" means "cork oak wood (grove) of the lagoon", the latter being Óbidos Lagoon (Lagoa de Óbidos), the arms reflect these meanings in the oaks and green waves. Thus the lagoon is considered a part of the sea, because the commune has no direct access to the sea. The bunch of arrows stands for the local conterminous and once identical Catholic parish patron and eponymical Saint Sebastian. Inescutcheon and crescents refer to the municipal arms of Óbidos.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Aug 2010

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 16 August 1995
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Aug 2010

Presentation of Sobral da Lagoa

Sobral da Lagoa Commune is one of the pre-2013 communes of Óbidos Municipality (q.v.); it had 420 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 4,88 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Aug 2010

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