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São José, Santa Catarina (Brazil)

image by Ivan Sache, 7 November 2021

Municipality
Description of the flag

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Municipality

The municipality of São José (250,181 inhabitants in 2020, therefore Santa Catarina's 4th most populous municipality; 15,045 ha) is adjacent to Florianópolis.

Ivan Sache, 7 November 2021

Description of the Flag

The flag of São José is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 846 promulgated on 27 September 1972.

Article 2.
The municipal flag features, on a red color, which symbolizes martyr in the Catholic Church, the coat of arms of the municipality prescribed by Municipal Law No. 846 promulgated on 25 February 1960, and, on the right, three stars: a greater star representing the seat of the municipality, forming the first district, and two smaller stars representing the second and third districts, Barreiros and São Pedro de Alcantâra, respectively.
Every time new districts will be established, they will be represented by identical stars right of the coat of arms.

Article 3.
The dimensions of the municipal flag are 161 cm in length on 131 cm in width.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/s/sao-jose/lei-ordinaria/1972/85/846/lei-ordinaria-n-846-1972-estabelece-os-simbolos-municipais
Leis Municipais database

Municipal Law No. 1,552 promulgated on 27 June 1984 substituted Article 3 with the following one.

Article 3.
The dimensions of the flag are 14 units in width on 20 units in length.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/s/sao-jose/lei-ordinaria/1984/155/1552/lei-ordinaria-n-1552-1984-altera-as-dimensoes-da-bandeira-municipal
Leis Municipais database

The coat of arms of São José is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 403 promulgated on 25 February 1960.

Article 1.
The coat of arms of the municipality of São José shall have the following characteristics.
I - Portuguese shield, divided per pale, the field dexter divided per fess.
II - The field sinister purpure, recalling that the municipality is the birth place of one of the two Brazilian princes of the Church, charged with the staff of the saint who gave his name to the municipality.
III - The field dexter in chief azure an escutcheon gules recalling the coat of arms of Terceira island, from which came the Azorean settlers of the municipality; in base on a field argent a black German eagle recalling that the first German colony in the state was located in the municipality.
IV - The shield surmounted by a three-towered mural crown or, symbol of a town.
V - As supporters, sinister a dolphin argent and dexter a cornucopia or pouring plants pproper, recalling the maritime and agricultural activities in the municipality.
VI - A blue scroll inscribed "São José" argent surrounded by the dates of establishment and elevation to a town, "1756" and "1833", respectively.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/s/sao-jose/lei-ordinaria/1960/40/403/lei-ordinaria-n-403-1960-cria-o-brasao-de-armas-do-municipio-de-sao-jose
Leis Municipais database

Photos
https://www.facebook.com/camarasj/photos/962470307242561
https://www.facebook.com/camarasj/photos/901017170054542

Ivan Sache, 7 November 2021