Last modified: 2024-09-14 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: aljustrel(freguesia) | rio de moinhos(aljustrel) | windmill(wheel) | pulley | basket | wheat(sheaf) | base(wavy) |
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It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Source: communal heraldry page
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 June 2018
Shield Or, a pulley, consisting of two rolls Sable with cable reels and winches Gules, altogether lifting a basket Gules garnished Sable from base, in chief a windmill's wheel Sable rigged Purpure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FREGUESIA DE ALJUSTREL".
Meaning:
Sources: this webpage and municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Aug 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 7 February 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Aug 2016
Aljustrel Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Aljustrel Municipality; it had 5137 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 191.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Aug 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Aug 2016
Shield Purpure with base wavy of Argent and Azure, a wheat sheaf Or lined Sable, in chief two windmill's wheels Or rigged Argent ordered per fess, Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "RIO DE MOINHOS - ALJUSTREL".
Meaning:
The meaning of the commune's name is literally "river of mills". Thus the wheels and the base wavy, with blue colour meaning sweet water, are canting elements.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Aug 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 5 November 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Aug 2016
Rio de Moinhos Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Aljustrel Municipality; it had 741 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 37.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Aug 2016
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