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Cossourado e Linhares Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Cossourado e Linhares, Concelho de Paredes de Coura, Distrito de Viana do Castelo

Last modified: 2014-10-17 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Linhares commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 6 Apr 2010
flag of former Linhares commune
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Former Linhares Commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Apr 2010

Coat of arms

[Linhares commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 6 Apr 2010

The arms are Gules a cross bottony Or surrounded by eight plates and issant from a base wavy azure charged with a barrulet wavy Argent a triple mount Or. Mural crown argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "LINHARES - PAREDES DE COURA".
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António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Apr 2010

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 29 August 2003
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Apr 2010

Presentation of Linhares

Linhares Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Paredes de Coura Municipality (q.v.); it had 230 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 5,3 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Apr 2010

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