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Viana do Castelo (Santa Maria Maior e Monserrate) e Meadela Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Viana do Castelo e Meadela, Concelho de Viana do Castelo, Distrito de Viana do Castelo

Last modified: 2014-08-22 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Monserrate commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 15 June 2009
flag of former Monserrate commune
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Former Monserrate Commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 June 2009

Coat of arms

[Monserrate commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 15 June 2009

The arms are Gules a castle wall Argent throughout towered Argent masoned Sable with port and windows Sable, issuant from a base wavy barruly wavy of six Azure and Argent and in chief dexter a steering wheel Or and in chief sinister an anchor Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (commune rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VIANA DO CASTELO - MONSERRATE".
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António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 June 2009

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 2000.07.27
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 June 2009

Presentation of Monserrate

Monserrate Commune (a.k.a. "Viana do Castelo (Monserrate)") was one of the 40 pre-2013 communes of Viana do Castelo Municipality (q.v.), and one of the city boroughs (urban communes) of the municipality seat; it had 5637 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 2,07 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 June 2009

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