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It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2025
Shield Argent issuant from base wavy of Argent and Azure a mount Vert, crowned by an embattled mural ringwall Sable masoned Argent, on chief an eagle Gules armed Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "NAVIÓ E VITORINO DOS PIÃES".
Meaning:
Mount and wall are taken from the arms of the former Vitorino dos Piães Commune, the eagle, in different tinctures, from those of the former Navió Commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 8 August 2014
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2025
Navió e Vitorino dos Piães is one of the nine communes of Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 1544 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 13,6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Mar 2015
Shield Vert an eagle Or armed Gules, on orle nine fleurs-de-lis Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "NAVIÓ".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Mar 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 1 August 2003, draft of flag and arms made by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Mar 2015
Navió was one of the 21 communes of the Ponte de Lima Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 231 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 0,9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Mar 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Mar 2015
Shield Argent, in base a mountain Vert issuant, crowned by an embattled mural ringwall Sable masoned Argent, in chief a saltire Azure flanked by two paly branches of olive Vert fructed Sable. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "VITORINO DOS PIÃES".
Meaning:
The saltire, also known as St.Andrew´s Cross, is an attribute of St. Andrew, the local patron saint.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Mar 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 March 2002, draft of flag and arms made by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Mar 2015
was one of the 21 communes of Ponte de Lima Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 1537 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 13,5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Mar 2015
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