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Alvarelhos e Guidões United Commune (Portugal)

União das Freguesias de Alvarelhos e Guidões, Concelho da Trofa, Distrito do Porto

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[Alvarelhos (Trofa) commune 1999] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 2 Apr 2010
flag of former Alvarelhos commune
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Former Alvarelhos Commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Apr 2010

Coat of arms

[Alvarelhos (Trofa) commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta,

The arms are Azure a nereid ( a kind of mermaid, a daughter of ancient Greek God Nereus) Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "ALVARELHOS - TROFA".
Meaning:
Alvarelhos is home to a Bronze Age castrum, whence the nereid imagery might have come from, look here.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Apr 2010

Flag adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 1 July 1999
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Apr 2010

Flag Version 1996

[Alvarelhos (Trofa) commune 1996] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 2 Apr 2010 The same like version 1999, but the inscription of the scroll had been "ALVARELHOS - SANTO TIRSO".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Apr 2010

Flag adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 14 March 1996
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Apr 2010

Presentation of Alvarelhos

Alvarelhos Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Trofa Municipality (q.v.); it had 3146 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 6,46 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Apr 2010

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