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![[Atiães commune flag]](../images/p/pt-vvdat.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2025
Shield Azure with base wavy of Argent and Azure, on central chief point a scallop Argent, flanked below by a heraldic rose Or seeded Gules and barbed Vert at dexter and a grape bunch Purpure leafed Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "ATIÃES".
Meaning:
The scallop is an attribute of St. James the Elder.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 December 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2025
Atiães is one of the 21 communes of Vila Verde Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 547 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 3,64 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2025
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