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![[Ponte (Vila Verde) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-vvdpo.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 10 Sep 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Sep 2025
![[Ponte (Vila Verde) commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-vvdpo).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 10 Sep 2025
Shield Argent a Mediterranean stone pine eradicated Vert, flanked by two ravens respectant Sable animated Gules, issuant from flanches and from base wavy Azure,charged with a barrulet wavy Argent, a three-arch hump bridge Gules masoned Argent.
Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading
in black upper case serifed letters "PONTE - VILA VERDE".
Meaning:
The canting bridge is a representation of the local Ponte de Rodas (=bridge of wheels) crossing the Homem River, represented by the base wavy. The ravens are an attribute of St. Vincent, the local patron saint.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Sep 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 30 October 2004
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Sep 2025
Ponte is one of the 21 communes of Vila Verde Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes. It had 452 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 3,22 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Sep 2025
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