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Várzea Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Várzea, Concelho de Arouca, Distrito de Aveiro

2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 June 2018

About the flag
Presentation of Várzea

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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Aroucanet
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 June 2018

Coat of arms

Shield Or; a fess wavy Azure charged with a bar wavy Argent; in chief an orb Gules fixed Argent at dexter and a cross patty Gules, charged with a Greek cross Argent, at sinister; issuant from base a wall Sable masoned Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "VÁRZEA - AROUCA".
Meaning:
The cross is alluding to the Order of the Knights of Christ.
Source: Aroucanet
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 June 2018

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 21 October 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 June 2018

Presentation of Várzea

Várzea Commune is one of the 16 communes of Arouca Municipality; it had 540 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 1.8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 June 2018

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