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![[Flag of Lindóia do Sul,
SC (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-sc-148.gif)
image by Ivan Sache,
4 November 2021
The municipality of Lindóia do Sul (4,642 inhabitants in 2010; 19,506 ha) is
located 480 km west of Florianópolis.
Lindóia do Sul was established in
1940 by a group of Italian immigrants in search of fertile soil. Arrived near
river Engano menadring between green forests, they said “Lindo! Olha!"
(Wonderful! Look at this!").
The municipality of Lindóia do Sul was
established in 1990, separating from Concórdia.
https://www.lindoiadosul.sc.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 4 November 2021
A green field, with in the centre a red-edged white lozenge with the municipal arms.
Official website at
http://www.lindoiadosul.sc.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger, 2 July 2012
The flag and arms of Lindóia do Sul is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 4
promulgated on 11 January 1990.
Article 6.
The flag of the
municipality of Lindóia do Sul shall be horizontally divided in three stripes,
the upper, green, of 6 units in width, the lower, green, of 6 units in width,
and the central, white, of 2 units in width, charged with an equilateral red
lozenge, in width 1 unit and length 14 units, superimposed with a white lozenge
inscribing the municipal coat of arms.
§1. In compliance with the
Portuguese heraldry traditions, whose rules and norms were inherited by Brazil,
the municipal flags shall be divided in eight, six or four, or three parts,
using the same colors as the field of the coat of arms and featuring in the
center or at hoist a geometric figure inscribing the municipal coat of arms.
§2. The municipal flag of Lindóia do Sul, in compliance with this general rule,
shall be horizontally divided into three stripes. The coat of arms featured on
the flag represents the municipal government while the equilateral lozenge
inscribing the arms represents the town as the seat of the municipality. The red
lozenge symbolizes dedication, courage, valiance, and the spread of municipal
administration to the four quarters of the municipality. The central white
stripe represents people's purity, clarity and commitment. The green upper and
lower stripes represent the land and rural estates. Green is a symbol of hope,
natural environment and agriculture and cattle-breeding, which are main
resources of the municipality.
Article 7.
In compliance with heraldic
rules, the municipal flag shall have the official dimensions prescribed for the
national flag, 14 units in width and 20 units in length.
Article 19.
The coat of arms of Lindóia do Sul shall be described in proper heraldic
language as follows: Shield surmounted by a crown argent. On a field vert
superimposed a maize cob vert and or a hen's head gules and a pig's head argent.
Beneath the shield a scroll gules inscribed in letters argent the toponym
"LINDÓIA DO SUL" surrounded by date "01/JANEIRO E 1990".
The coat of arms
shall have the following symbolic interpretation.
a) The crown surmounting
the shield, symbol of the power of the town on the municipality, is argent
(silver), representing peace, friendship, work, prosperity and religious
feeling.
b) The field vert (green) symbolizes honor, civility, courtesy,
glee, abundance. It is the symbolic color of hope, recalling green fields
promising profuse harvests.
c) The maize cob, the hen's head and the pig's
head represent the main sources of income for the municipality: agriculture,
poultry breeding and pig breeding.
[...]
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/l/lindoia-do-sul/lei-ordinaria/1990/1/4/lei-ordinaria-n-4-1990-dispoe-sobre-a-forma-e-a-apresentacao-dos-simbolos-do-municipio-de-lindoia-do-sul-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/LindoiaDoSulPref/photos/518082739043631
https://www.facebook.com/LindoiaDoSulPref/photos/518082215710350
https://www.facebook.com/LindoiaDoSulPref/photos/471715547013684
https://www.facebook.com/LindoiaDoSulPref/photos/434539377397968
Ivan Sache, 4 November 2021