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![[Poceirão commune]](../images/p/pt-plmpc.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 15 Dec 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 Dec 2010
![[Poceirão commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-plmpc).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 15 Dec 2010
The arms are Argent a cross fleury fitchy Purpure, a well Gules masoned Argent and flanked by two storks proper respectant. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading "POCEIRÃÃO - PALMELA" in black upper case letters.
Meaning:
The cross is a so called St. James' sword, alluding to the order of that saint. "Poceirão" means "big wetland" (or some such) in Portuguese; popular etymology may link it to the remote cognate "poço", "well", as an augmentative - the arms being thus partially canting.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 Dec 2010
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 1 July 1994
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 Dec 2010
Poceirão Commune is one of the five communes of Palmela Municipality (q.v.); it had 4304 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 147,07 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 Dec 2010
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