Figueiró dos Vinhos Municipality (Portugal)

Concelho de Figueiró dos Vinhos, Distrito de Leiria

Last modified: 2014-07-26 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: figueiro dos vinhos | grape(bunch) | fig(leaves;4) |
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• About the Flag
• Version without Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Figueiró dos Vinhos

• Figueiró dos Vinhos Communes
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• Page about Figueiró dos Vinhos at the Portuguese Municipalities’s Association website (incl. image of 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 white and green background quarterly (town rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Nov 2007

The arms are Or a bunch of grapes Argent on its leaves Vert and cantoned by four fig leaves Vert set two and two. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA DE FIGUEIRÓ DOS VINHOS".
Meaning:
"Figueiró" is a cognate of "_figueira_", "fig tree", and "dos vinhos" means "of the wines", which makes these arms completely canting.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Nov 2007

This flag and coat arms were adopted and published in the official journal Diário do Governo : I Série in 1936.11.27.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Nov 2007

Version without Coat of Arms

Presentation of Figueiró dos Vinhos

Figueiró dos Vinhos municipality had 7352 inhabitants in 2001, and it consists of 4 communes, covering 171,95 km². It is part of Leiria District, traditional province and 1999 ref. adm. region Beira Litoral, C.C.R. / NUTS II Centro, and NUTS III Pinhal Interior Norte.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Nov 2007

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