![[Ribeira de Fráguas commune]](../images/p/pt-albrf.gif)
Last modified: 2016-01-07 by klaus-michael schneider
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2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 6 Sep 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Sep 2010
![[Ribeira de Fráguas commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-albrf).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 6 Sep 2010
The arms are Vert divided by a bend wavy Argent charged with two bendlets wavy Azure, acorn cob Or in dexter base, a pine Or in sinister chief. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "RIBEIRA DE FRÁGUAS".
Meaning:
"ribeira de fráguas" means something like "cliff creek", so these arms are partly canting.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Sep 2010
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 3 December 1997
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Sep 2010
Ribeira de Fráguas Commune is one of the six communes of Albergaria-a-Velha Municipality (q.v.); it had 1713 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 26.8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Jan 2016
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