Communes of Caminha Municipality (Portugal)

Last modified: 2010-10-22 by antónio martins
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• Cristelo Commune
• Vile Commune

• Caminha Municipality
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Cristelo Commune

It is a fairly typical portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centered on a plain white background. The banner should have silvery and green tassels and cord, and golden pole with spear finial. Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República : III Série in 2000.11.17.
António Martins, 15 Oct 2008

Coat of arms

The arms are Vert a coat of arms Argent charged with a St. James cross Gules and in chief two windmill wheels Or cordoned Or and sailed Agrent and in base three barrulets wavy Argent. Mural crown argent with three visible towers (commune rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "Cristelo - Caminha".

Escudo de verde, uma cota de armas de prata carregada de uma cruz da Ordem de Santiago, de vermelho; em chefe, duas armações de moinho de ouro, cordoadas do mesmo e vestidas de prata e, em campanha, três burelas ondadas do mesmo. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas: "CRISTELO - CAMINHA".

Version without the coat of arms

Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have armless variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999

Presentation of Cristelo

See also:

• Page about Cristelo Commune, at Sérgio Horta's web site
  reported by António Martins, 15 Oct 2008
• Article about Cristelo Commune, at the Portuguese Wikipedia
  reported by António Martins, 15 Oct 2008

Cristelo Commune is one of the twenty communes of Caminha Municipality; it had 244 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 2,55 km².
António Martins, 15 Oct 2008

Vile Commune

It is a fairly typical portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centered on a plain white background. The banner should have silvery and red tassels and cord, and golden pole with spear finial. Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República : III Série in 2001.03.12.
António Martins, 25 Aug 2008

Coat of arms

The arms are Gules two pines Argent set in fess flanking a bundle of three arrows Or tied Argent placed in chief and a representation of a pre-historic stone arrowpoint Or garnished Sable placed in base. Mural crown argent with three visible towers (commune rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "Vile - Caminha":

Escudo de vermelho, dois pinheiros arrancados de prata, alinhados em faixa, entre um feixe de três setas de ouro, atadas de prata, em chefe e uma ponta de seta lítica de ouro, realçada de negro, em campanha. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "VILE - CAMINHA".

According to Sérgio Horta’s web site, these arms were created by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes.
António Martins, 25 Aug 2008

Version without the coat of arms

Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have armless variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999

Presentation of Vile

See also:

• Page about Vile Commune, at Sérgio Horta's web site
  reported by António Martins, 25 Aug 2008
• Article about Vile Commune, at the Portuguese Wikipedia
  reported by António Martins, 25 Aug 2008

Vile Commune is one of the twenty communes of the Caminha Municipality; it had 328 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 3,15 km².
António Martins, 25 Aug 2008

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