![[São Martinho do Peso commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-mgdsm.gif)
Last modified: 2016-04-04 by klaus-michael schneider
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2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 6 Mar 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Mar 2016
![[São Martinho do Peso commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-mgdsm).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 6 Mar 2016
Shield Argent on a fess wavy Azure three barrulets wavy Argent, in chief a mitre Gules stapped and bejewelled Or, in base a walnut tree eradicated Vert fruited Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "S.
MARTINHO DO PESO".
Meaning:
The village name means "Saint Martin of the weight"; this meaning seems to be partly covered in the arms, where it displays a token (mitre) for Martin of Braga.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Mar 2016
Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: II Série on 2 August 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Mar 2016
São Martinho do Peso Commune is one of the 21 communes of Mogadouro Municipality; it had 355 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 52.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Mar 2016
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