![[Campo (Valongo) commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vlgcs-cp.gif)
Last modified: 2017-02-01 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: campo(valongo) | sobrado(valongo) | wheat(ear) | coat | sword | spatula | triplemount | rose | crescent |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 1 Feb 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Feb 2017
Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a torn coat Purpure, above a paly sword Argent hilted Sable, flanked by two wheat ears Vert, in chief two spatulas Azure ordered per fess. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "CAMPO - VALONGO".
Meaning:
Coat and sword are attributes of St. Martin, the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Feb 2017
![[Campo (Valongo) commune (1996 - 2001)]](../images/p/pt-vlgcs-cp1.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 1 Feb 2017
The previous symbols had been the same as current ones but the mural crown having just three visible towers (village rank).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Feb 2017
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 8 November 2001, former flag and arms on 5 March 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Feb 2017
Campo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Caminha Municipality; it had 9197 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 11.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Feb 2017
![[Sobrado (Valongo) commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vlgcs-so.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 18 Dec 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a green and white quartered field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Dec 2010
![[Sobrado (Valongo) commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vlgcs-so).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 17 Dec 2010
he arms are Argent a rose Gules barbed Vert and seeded Or surrounded in chief by a crescent Azure, both flanked by two wheat ears Vert, in base a triplemount Vert. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SOBRADO - VALONGO".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Dec 2010
![[Sobrado (Valongo) commune (1995 - 2003)]](../images/p/pt-vlgcs-so1.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 17 Dec 2010
The current flag was approved upon upgrade of the commune seat to town status in 2001. The previous arms had identical bearings, differing only in the number of towers, three, and the flag was plain green.
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 4 August 2003, former flag and arms on 7 March 1995.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Dec 2010
Sobrado Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Valongo Municipality ;it had 6727 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 21.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Feb 2017
back to Valongo Communes click here
