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2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 Dec 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field of unknown colour.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 Dec 2017
![[Mascarenhas commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-mdlma).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 31 Dec 2017
Shield Argent, two olive eradicated trees Vert fruited Sable, in chief a lion rampant Gules langued and animated Or, on base wavy Azure a barrulet wavy Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "MASCARENHAS"
Meaning:
Mascarenhas, like oddly several other names of communes in Mirandela (Bouça, Franco, Múúrias, Passos, and Pereira), is a surname, and a fairly common one. The Portuguese lineage of this surname was indeed based on the namesake village, in the late 12th century (see here; its arms are Gules three barrulets Or, not reflected in the communal arms, but its crest, a lion rampant Gules langued and animated Or, is.
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 Dec 2017
Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 21 May 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 Dec 2017
Mascarenhas Commune is one of the 30 communes of Mirandela Municipality; it had 550 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 28.1 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 Dec 2017
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