São João do Campo Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de São João do Campo, Concelho de Coimbra, Distrito de Coimbra

Last modified: 2014-08-02 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: sao joao do campo | lattice | bridge | paschal lamb | base(wavy) |
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• About the flag
• Presentation of São João do Campo

• Coimbra Municipality
• Portugal

About the Flag

It is a slightly untypical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field (village rank).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2014

The arms are Sable over a base wavy Argent and Azure, a lattice Or in chief superimposed by a Paschal Lamb Argent, in base by a bridge argent masoned Sable. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (usually meaning town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SÃO JOÃO DO CAMPO".
Meaning:
The Paschal Lamb is an attribute of St. John the Baptist, the base wavy is probably alluding to Mondego River.
Source: I spotted this flag on 27 September 2013 in the town hall of Coimbra.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2014

Flag and coat of arms were approved on 4 July 1997, published in Diário da República: III Série.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2014

Presentation of São João do Campo

São João do Campo is one of the 31 communes of Coimbra Municipality (q.v.); it had 2073 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 7,92 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2014

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