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Santa Maria Maior Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Santa Maria Maior, Concelho de Funchal, Madeira

Last modified: 2015-02-21 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Santa Maria Maior commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 17 Jan 2014
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Jan 2014

Coat of arms

[Santa Maria Maior commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 17 Jan 2014

Shield Vert, a caravel Or rigged Argent sailing on a base wavy of Argent and Vert, its split flag Argent with a quina, in chief a cross patty Gules voided Argent and flanked by two winches Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black capitals "FUNCHAL - SANTA MARIA MAIOR".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Jan 2014

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 6 June 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Jan 2014

Presentation of Santa Maria Maior

Santa Maria Maior Commune is one of the ten communes of Funchal Municipality (q.v.); it had 13 352 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 4.88 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Jan 2014

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