Palmela Municipality (Portugal) (original) (raw)

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Concelho de Palmela, Distrito de Setúbal

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[](../images/p/pt-plm.gif)2:3 image by Sérgio Horta,

• About the Flag
• Red Flag reported 2000
• Version without Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Palmela See also:
• Palmela Communes
• Portugal External links:
• Page about Palmela at the Portuguese Municipalities’s Association website (incl. image of the arms)
  reported by António Martins, 18 Nov 2001

About the Flag

It is a fairly typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Feb 2000

Coat of arms

[.gif)](../images/p/pt-plm%29.gif)image by Sérgio Horta, 24 Feb 2000

The coat of arms is Or, a hand Proper holding a palm Vert, below five inescutcheons Azure set in cross each charged with a saltire of five plates (or 10 plates) , all between two St. James crosses Gules (or Purpure) charged in their hearts with a pelican in its piety (or a scallop) Or, each above a tower Gules. (Lots of strange things in this blazon — I sure would like to see the official text…) Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA DE PALMELA".
Meaning:
The arms are canting, as "palmela" means ""small palm".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Feb 2000

Flag and arms adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 4 June 1986
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Feb 2000

Red Flag reported 2000

[](../images/p/pt-plm1.gif)2:3 image by André Serranho, 24 Feb 2000

It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red background.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Feb 2000

Version without Coat of Arms

Plain (monocoloured) Portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have variations without arms: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 July 1999

Presentation of Palmela

Palmela municipality had 45 150 inhabitants in 1990, and it is divided in 5 communes, covering 462 km². It belongs to the Setúbal District and to the old province of Extremadura.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Feb 2000

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