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It is a fairily typical portuguese municipal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on a black
and green gyronny (city rank) background.
These arms and flag were adopted upon the upgrade of the municipality seat
to city status in 1990.08.10 and are a trivial change of the
former arms and flag — according to Sérgio Horta, as of
2005.12.22, this flag is not yet published in the official journal.
António Martins, 20 May 2007
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The arms are Argent between two mill millwheels Sable emphasized Or and
above two fesses wavy Azure a sheaf of five wheat eras Vert tied Or. Mural
crown argent with five visible towers (city rank)
and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "Município de
Valongo".
António Martins, 20 May 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
The previous, town rank, flag and arms, were adopted and published in the
official journal Diário do Governo
: I Série in 1935.11.23. These included the
usual town attributes: four visible crown towers,
"vila" in the scroll and green and black quarterly
flag.
António Martins, 20 May 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
Valongo municipality had 86 005 inhabitants in 2001 and consists of 5
communes covering 77,99 km². It is part of
Porto District, traditional province
Douro Litoral, 1999 ref. adm. region
Entre Douro e Minho, current C.C.R. / NUTS II Norte,
and NUTS III Grande Porto.
António Martins, 20 May 2007
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