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![[Rio Torto (Valpaços) commune]](../images/p/pt-vlprt.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 10 Mar 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: this photo
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Mar 2016
![[Rio Torto (Valpaços) commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-vlprt).gif)
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image by Sérgio Horta, 11 Mar 2016
Shield Argent, an eradicated olive tree Vert fruited Sable, issuant from base wavy Azure, charged with a barrulet wavy, Argent a three-arched bridge Sable masoned Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "RIO TORTO - VALPAÇOS".
Meaning:
The name "rio torto" means "crooked river" and is the name of an actual stream in this commune, represented by the base wavy.
Source:
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Mar 2016
Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 30 May 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Mar 2016
Rio Torto Commune is one of the 25 communes of Valpaços Municipality; it had 362 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 11.7 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Mar 2016
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