![[Arcozelo commune]](../images/p/pt-ptlaz.gif)
Last modified: 2015-03-28 by klaus-michael schneider
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2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white and blue.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2015
Shield Azure (dark) with base wavy of Argent and Azure, a 3-arched bridge embattled, issuant Or masoned Gules; above an impending belfry Argent with port and windows Azure and bell Or. Mural crown with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "ARCOZELO - PONTE DE LIMA".
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Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2015
![[Arcozelo commune (2003-2005)]](../images/p/pt-ptlaz03.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field. The oat of arms was the same as current coat of arms, but the mural crown had only three visible towers (village rank).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2015
Draft of flag and arms made by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes. Arms and former flag published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 23 June 2003, current flag and arms on 14 November 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2015
Arcozelo Commune is one of the 39 communes of the Ponte de Lima municipality (q.v.); it had 3734 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 11.87 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2015
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