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![[Passô (Moimenta da Beira) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-mbrpa.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
Shield Or a pale Azure cobbled Or flanked by two eradicated pine trees Vert, over all on fess point a scallop Argent. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "PASSÔ - MOIMENTA DA BEIRA".
Meaning:
The scallop is an attribute of St. James the Elder, the local patron saint.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 21 February 2011
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
Passô is one of the 13 communes of Moimenta da Beira Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 287 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 3,17 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
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