Vouzela Municipality (Portugal) (original) (raw)


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Concelho de Vouzela, Distrito de Viseu

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[[Vouzela municipality]](../images/p/pt-vzl.gif)2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Oct 2003

About the Flag

It is a fairly typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered yellow over red.
Sérgio Horta, 11 Dec 1999

Coat of arms

[[Vouzela municipality CoA].gif)](../images/p/pt-vzl%29.gif)image by Sérgio Horta,

**Arms:**Shield Sable, a castle Or on a hill Vert charged with a bar wavy Argent - Azure - Argentr, in the upper left canton a smiling sun Or over a 5-point star Argent over a crescent moon Argent, in the upper right canton a crescent smiling Argent over a 5-point star Argent over a crescent moon Argent, 4-towered mural crown Argent (town rank) and a white scroll with the words in black capitals "VILA DE VOUZELA".
Sérgio Horta, 11 Dec 1999

Arms: On a black field, a gold castle on a green hill charged with silver - blue - silver, in the upper left canton a gold smiling sun over a silver 5-point star over a silver crescent moon in the upper right canton a silver crescent smiling moon over a silver 5-point star over a silver crescent moon, silver 4-tower mural crown (town rank) and a white scroll with the words in black capitals "VILA DE VOUZELA". Flag: flag.
Sérgio Horta, 11 Dec 1999

Flag and arms adopted and published in Diário do Governo : I Série on 24 February 1931
Sérgio Horta, 11 Dec 1999

Version without Coat of Arms

[[Vouzela municipality plain]](../images/p/pt-vzl0.gif)2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, Apr 2010

Presentation of Vouzela

Vouzela municipality had 11 917 inhabitants in 2000 (12 320 in 1990), and it is divided in 9 communes, covering 189 km². It belongs to the District of Viseu, to the traditional province of Beira Alta, and to the would be region of Beira Litoral. Trivia: this is the last portuguese municipality, sorted by alphabetic order.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Oct 2003

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