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Algarvia Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Algarvia, Concelho de Nordeste, Açores

Last modified: 2018-07-16 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Algarvia commune] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2018
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of orangy yellow and green.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2018

Coat of arms

Shield Azure; issuant from base a triplemount Argent, topped by a watch tower Or with windows Azure and masoned Sable; base wavy Argent, charged with three barrulets wavy Azure-Vert-Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "ALGARVIA".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2018

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: II Série on 27 February 2009
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2018

Presentation of Algarvia

Algarvia Commune is one of the nine communes of Nordeste Municipality; it had 290 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 5.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2018

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