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![[Vau commune]](../images/p/pt-obdva.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 18 Aug 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a quartered of green and white field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Aug 2010
![[Vau commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-obdva).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 18 Aug 2010
The arms are wavy of ten Argent and Vert on a pale between two Sable upwards pointing crescents Gules, in chief a pair of oars Sable tied Gules, in chief on inescutcheon Azure ten plates set 2:3:2:3. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black
upper case letters "VAU".
Meaning:
"Vau" means "ford" (cp. "wade") and the pale on waves plus the oars on the CoA refer to that (canting). The green waves refer to the location at the seashore. Inescutcheon and crescents refer to the municipal arms of Óbidos.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Aug 2010
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 6 July 1995
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Aug 2010
Vau Commune is one of the seven communes of Óbidos Municipality (q.v.); it had 875 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 32,90 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Aug 2010
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