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Mosteiros Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Mosteiros, Concelho de Ponta Delgada, Açores

[Mosteiros (Ponta Delgada) commune flag]

2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 8 Feb 2026

Commune

Flag
Coat of Arms
Presentation of

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Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Feb 2026

Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 8 Feb 2026

Shield Gules with base wavy of Argent and Vert, two milk churns Argent ordered per fess, in chief a goshawk Or, holding in his claws an inescutcheon Azure, charged with five plates in quincunx. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "MOSTEIROS - PONTA DELGADA".
Meaning:
The goshawk is a local symbol of the Açores. The quina is a national symbol. The base with green waves is representing the Atlantic Ocean.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Jan 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 18 September 2009, see here and here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Feb 2026

Presentation of Mosteiros

is one of the __ communes of Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had inhabitants in 2021 and covers km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Feb 2026

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Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: II Série on
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Jan 2017

Presentation of

Mosteiros Commune is one of the 24 communes of Ponta Delgada Municipality on the northwest coast of St. Michael Island. It had 1021 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 8,98 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Jan 2017