Vila Nova de Poiares Municipality (Portugal) (original) (raw)
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Concelho de Vila Nova de Poiares, Distrito de Coimbra
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- About the flag
- Presentation of Vila Nova de Poiares See also:
- Vila Nova de Poiares Communes
- Portugal External links:
- Page about Vila Nova de Poiares 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 quite typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centered on a on a plain green background. The coat of arms is argent between two pine trees crowned vert and trunked and fruited sable two swallows set in pale flying downwards the upper one dexterwards and the bottom one sinisterwards bellow a butterfly displayed of the same. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA NOVA DE POIARES".
António Martins, 16 Dec 2003
The butterfly on the arms stands for the local silk production (if I recall correct), and the pine trees refer to the hardely original local aboundance of them. No idea about the swallows.
António Martins, 16 Dec 2003
Presentation of Vila Nova de Poiares
Vila Nova de Poiares municipality had 7037 inhabitants in 2000 (6020 in 1990), and it is divided in 4 communes, covering 92 km2. It belongs to the Coimbra District and to the old province of Beira Litoral.
António Martins, 16 Dec 2003
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