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![[Cedros commune flag]](../images/p/pt-scfcd.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 6 Feb 2026
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Feb 2026
![[Cedros commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-scfcd).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 6 Feb 2026
Shield Or with base wavy of Azure, Argent and Vert (5 waves), an eradicated cedar Gules leafed Vert, in chief a roseate tern (Latin: Sterna dougallii, a kind of terns) volant Sable, garnished Argent and beaked Gules.
Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "CEDROS - SANTA CRUZ DAS FLORES".
Meaning:
The cedar (Port.: cedro) is a canting element. The Portuguese word cedro refers to many Cupressaceae shrubs and trees.
In this context it is taken to refer to Juniperus brevifoliaa.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Aug 2016 and António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Feb 2026
Sources: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage and
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Feb 2026
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 26 July 2001, see here and
here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Feb 2026
Cedros is one of the four communes of Santa Cruz das Flores Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had inhabitants in 2021 and covers km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Feb 2026
back to Santa Cruz das Flores Communes click here
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