Last modified: 2018-05-13 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: malpartida | vale de coelha | base(wavy) | bridge | stork | chestnut(branch) | valley | rabbit |
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![[Malpartida commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-aldmv-ma.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 12 May 2018
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 May 2018
Shield Vert with base wavy of argent and Azure; issuant from base a throughout bridge Argent, masoned Sable and having three arches; in chief a stork passant Argent with crossed legs, armed Or, flanked by two chestnut branches Or with nuts Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "MALPARTIDA"
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 May 2018
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 7 January 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 May 2018
Malpartida Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Almeida Municipality; it had 172 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 23.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 May 2018
![[Vale de Coelha commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-aldmv-vc.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 12 May 2018
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and white.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 May 2018
Shield Argent with base wavy of Argent and Azure; issuant from base a valley Vert; in chief a rabbit Sable sejant sable, eyed Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "VALE DE COELHA" .
Meaning:
The commune's name means "valley of the (she-)rabbit". Valley and rabbit are thus canting elements.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 May 2018
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 January 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 May 2018
Vale de Coelha Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Almeida Municipality; it had 43 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 May 2018
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