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![[Alferce commune]](../images/p/pt-mcqaf.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 25 Jan 2008
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white background.
António Martins-Tuválkin,
![[Alferce commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-mcqaf).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 25 Jan 2008
The arms are Vert a tower Argent masoned Sable with port and windows Gules and in chief two hoe irons Or and in base a scimitar Argent set in fess. Mural crown argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "ALFERCE - MONCHIQUE"
Meaning:
The coat of arms is meant to be partly canting as the toponym supposedly stems from Arabic "al-faris", meaning "knight"" (also the etym for the Portuguese military rank "alferes") - this would account for the scimitar and for the tower, which also symbolizes the local castle; the hoes refer to the local female population. These arms were designed by Nuno Campos and Isabel Carneiro.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Jan 2008
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 2004.10.26.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Jan 2008
Alferce Commune is one of the three communes of the Monchique municipality. The commune had 512 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 95,31 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Jan 2008
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