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![[Rio de Mel commune flag]](../images/p/pt-tcsrm.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 4 June 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 June 2025
![[Rio de Mel commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-tcsrrm).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 4 June 2025
Shield Purple a hump bridge Argent masoned Sable issuant from flanches and from base wavy Argent, bearing a barrulet wavy Azure, charged with three drops Or, in chief a watermill wheel Or.
Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "RIO DE MEL".
Meaning:
This toponym means "river of honey" (or "honey river"), represented by the base wavy with golden (honey) drops. The arms are thus partly canting.
Source: official municipal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 June 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 25 August 2020, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 June 2025
Rio de Mel is one of the 15 communes of Trancoso Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes. It had 279 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 23,31 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 June 2025
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