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Balança Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Balança, Concelho de Terras de Bouro, Distrito de Braga

2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 26 May 2009

About the flag
Presentation of Balança

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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 May 2009

Coat of arms

image by Sérgio Horta, 26 May 2009

The arms are Or a beam balance scale Gules garnished Argent and in base a mattock Vert - usually in 3D perspective - garnished Argent. Mural crown argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BALANÇA".
Meaning:
The word "Balança" means "(beam) balance (scale)", the weighing instrument, and the arms are thus partly canting.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 May 2009

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 2003.05.07
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 May 2009

Presentation of Balança

Balança Commune is one of the 14 communes of Terras de Bouro Municipality (q.v.); it had 393 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 4,45 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 May 2009

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