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![[Melgaço municipality]](../images/p/pt-mlg.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 25 Jan 2007
It is a fairily typical portuguese municipal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on a plain
red background. Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal
Diário do Governo : I
Série in 1935.12.17.
António Martins, 24 Jan 2007
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The arms are Argent on a mound Sable charged with a wavy fess Azure on a
wavy fess Argent a castle Gules under an escutcheon Azure charged with 13
plates set 2+3+2+3+2+1 (old quina) held
by two lions Gules affronty each standing on a slope of the said mound. Mural
crown argent with four visible towers (town rank)
and white scroll reading in black upper case letters scroll reading in black
upper case letters "VILA DE MELGAÇO".
António Martins, 24 Jan 2007
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
Melgaço is the northernmost portuguese municipality. It had 9996 inhabitants
in 2001, and it consists of 18 communes, covering 239,04 km². It is
part of Viana do Castelo District, traditional province
Minho, 1999 ref. adm. region Entre
Douro e Minho, C.C.R. / NUTS II Norte, and NUTS III Minho-Lima.
António Martins, 24 Jan 2007
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