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![[Porto de Mós municipality]](../images/p/pt-pms.gif)
2:3 image by André Serranho, 31 July 1999
It is a fairly typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white and red.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 July 1999
![[Porto de Mós municipality CoA]](../images/p/pt-pms).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta,
The coat of arms is Sules, a castle Or masoned Sable with port and windows Sable, on each of the lateral towers a tree Vert , all flanked by two 8-point stars Argent, in base three plane leaves Or between two millstones Argent, each perched by a bird of the same. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA DE PORTO DE MÓS".
Meaning:
"Porto de Mós" means "Millstone Harbour", so these arms show partial canting.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 July 1999 / 29 Aug 2001
Flag adopted and published in Diário da República: III Sérieon 14 June 1986
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 July 1999
![[ municipality plain]](../images/p/pt-pms0.gif)
2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, Apr 2010
Porto de Mós municipality had 23 680 inhabitants in 1990, and it is divided in 10 communes, covering 260 km². It belongs to theLeiria District and to the traditional province of Estremadura.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 July 1999
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