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Água Retorta Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Água Retorta, Concelho de Povoação, Açores

2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2018

About the flag
Presentation of Água Retorta

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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2018

Coat of arms

Shield Or, a bar wavy Azure charged with barrulet wavy Argent, in base three 5-point stars Gules ordered 2:1, in chief a goshawk volant proper. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "ÁGUA RETORTA - POVOAÇÃO".
Meaning:
The goshawk is a local symbol of the Açores. The communes name means "winding water", thus the fess wavy is a canting element.
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2018

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 19 September 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2018

Presentation of Água Retorta

Água Retorta Commune is one of the six communes of Povoação Municipality; it had 447 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 12.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2018

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