Valongo Municipality (Portugal) (original) (raw)
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[![[Valongo municipality]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/p/pt-vlg.gif)
](../images/p/pt-vlg.gif)2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 21 May 2007
- About the Flag
- Previous Flag
- Version without Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Valongo See also:
- Valongo Communes
- Portugal External links:
- Page about Valongo 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 black and green gyronny (city rank) field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2007
Coat of arms
[![[Valongo municipality CoA]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/p/pt-vlg)
The arms are Argent between two mill millwheels Sable emphasized Or and above two fesses wavy Azure, a sheaf of five wheat ears Vert tied Or. Mural crown Argent with five visible towers (city rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "MUNICíPIO DE VALONGO"
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2007
These arms and flag were adopted upon the upgrade of the municipality seat to city status on 10 August 1990 and are a trivial change of the former arms and flag — according to Sérgio Horta, as of 22 December 2005, this flag is not yet published in the official journal.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2007
Version without Coat of Arms
[![[ municipality plain]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/p/pt-vlg0.gif)
](../images/p/pt-vlg0.gif)2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, Apr 2010
Previous Flag
[![[Valongo municipality 1935]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/p/pt-vlg4.gif)
](../images/p/pt-vlg4.gif)2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 21 May 2007
The previous, town rank, flag and arms, were adopted and published in the official journal Diário do Governo : I Série on 23 November 1935 These included the usual town attributes: four visible crown towers, "vila" in the scroll and green and black quarterly flag.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2007
Version without Coat of Arms
[![[Valongo municipality plain 1935]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/p/pt-vlg04.gif)
](../images/p/pt-vlg04.gif)2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, Apr 2010
Presentation of Valongo
Valongo municipality had 86 005 inhabitants in 2001 and consists of 5 communes covering 77,99 km². It is part of Porto District, traditional province Douro Litoral, 1999 ref. adm. region Entre Douro e Minho, current C.C.R. / NUTS II Norte, and NUTS III Grande Porto.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2007
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