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![[Loureira commune flag]](../images/p/pt-vvdlo.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Feb 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Feb 2025
Shield Vert with base wavy of Argent and Azure, issuant from base a throughout bridge Argent masoned Sable with four arches, on chief a laurel wreath Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "LOUREIRA".
Meaning:
The bridge is a representation of the local stone bridge. The wreath of laurel (Portuguese: loureiro) is a canting element.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 16 November 2006
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Feb 2025
Loureira is one of the 21 communes of Vila Verde Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 1104 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 1,87 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Feb 2025
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