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2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 5 Dec 2006
It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on a quartered background
(town rank) of yellow and
blue. Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal
Diário do Governo : I
Série in 1940.06.24.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 05 Dec 2006
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The arms are sable three maize ears fruited or and stalked and leaved vert
with stalks tied by a ribbon gules within two sickles argent with handles
crossed per saltire and in base on a wavy fess argent a wavy fess azure. Mural
crown argent with four visible towers (town rank)
and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA DE PAREDES DE
COURA".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 05 Dec 2006
Paredes de Coura municipality had 9409 inhabitants in 2000, and it is
divided in 21 communes, covering 138,2 km². It is part of of
Viana do Castelo District, traditional province
Minho, 1999 ref. adm. region
Entre Douro e Minho, C.C.R. / NUTS II Norte, and
NUTS III Minho-Lima.
"Paredes de Coura" means "walls of Coura", refering to the cliffs banks
of the river Coura (a Minho basin tributary). This is not hinted at by the
chosen arms, except for the token reference to the river itself in the wavy
fess.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 05 Dec 2006
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