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Ouca Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Ouca, Concelho de Vagos, Distrito de Aveiro

Last modified: 2014-08-16 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Ouca commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 18 Aug 2008
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About the Flag

It is a fairly untypical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a white and blue quartered (town rank) field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Aug 2008

Coat of arms

[Ouca commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 18 Aug 2008

The arms are Purpure two bunches of grapes Or leaved Argent set in fess and in chief a crozier per bend sinister Or over a prelat's cross of the Same pointing downwards per bend and in base a jaguar sejant Argent charged with four bendlets Azure. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "OUCA".
Meaning:

António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Aug 2008

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 2002.02.27.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Aug 2008

Presentation of Ouca

Ouca Commune is one of the eight communes of the Vagos Municipality (q.v.); it had 1864 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 16,29 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Aug 2008

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