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It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms
centered on a background quarterly (meaning town
rank) of white and green.
The coat of arms is sable, on a mountain vert, a castle argent masoned sable,
door and windows gules, flagged of St. George on each of the three towers
from cross-poles or, bordure or, a wreath vert bounded gules. Mural crown
argent with four visible towers (town rank)
and white scroll reading in
black upper case letters "VILA DE MONFORTE".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 July 1999
"Monforte" comes from "monte forte", meaning "strong hill",
so these are canting arms.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Sep 2001
Monforte municipality had 3630 inhabitants in 1990, and it is
divided in 4 communes, covering 420 km2. It belongs to the
Portalegre District and to the old province
of Alto Alentejo.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 July 1999
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