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It is a fairily typical portuguese municipal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on a green
over white background gyronny (city rank).
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal
Diário da República : III
Série in 1986.06.26, upon upgrade to city status in 1985.08.14,
with trivial changes in the previous
(town rank) flag and arms.
António Martins, 21 Sep 2007
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The arms are Sable on a ground Vert charged with a fess wavy Azure
fimbriated Argent two salt pyramids Argent set in fess and on chief river mill
wheel Argent. Mural crown argent with four visible towers
(town rank) and white scroll reading in black
upper case letters "Cidade de Rio Maior".
António Martins, 21 Sep 2007
De negro, com duas pirâmides de sal de prata sobre um terrado verde em contra chefe, cortado por três faixas de prata e de azul. Em chefe, um rodízio de engenho, de prata »(…)«. Coroa mural, de prata, de cinco torres. Listel branco com os dizeres "Cidade de Rio Maior", a negro.André Serranho, 06 Apr 2007, quoting from Região de Rio Maior
The salt pyramids stand for the local unique salt mines — an
underground filon of fossil seaborne halite which is drained by a river
(also shown on the arms, as usual, and refered in the town’s name
— canting arms) and deposited in a small aluvial plain, the salt
being thus twice dissolved.
António Martins, 04 Nov 2001
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
The current flag and arms were adopted upon upgrade to
city status in 1985.08.14, with trivial changes in the previous,
(town rank), flag and arms, which were adopted
and published in the official journal
Diário do Governo : I
Série in 1936.12.04. It had four towers in the crown, the scroll
read "Vila de Rio Maior" and the background was quartered (town rank).
António Martins, 21 Sep 2007
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
Rio Maior municipality had 21 110 inhabitants in 2001, and it consists
of 14 communes, covering 272,18 km². It is part
of Santarém District, traditional province
Ribatejo, 1999 ref. adm. region
Estremadura e Ribatejo, pre-2002 C.C.R. / NUTS II Lisboa e Vale do Tejo,
current C.C.R. / NUTS II Alentejo, and NUTS III Lezíria do Tejo.
António Martins, 21 Sep 2007
Publish on Diário da República (the official journal), on
05/08/1999: Flag — quartered purple over white.
Sérgio Horta, 26 Oct 2001
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Or field, 2 mounts vert charge with argent salt
pyramid, over 5 wavy fess, 3 argent and 2 azure, in chief a purple bunch
of grapes, lieffed vert. Argent 3 towers mural crown. White scroll with
"FREGUESIA DE RIO MAIOR" in upper case black letters.
Sérgio Horta, 26 Oct 2001
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
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