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![[Agilde commune flag]](../images/p/pt-cbtag.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 19 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
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Feb 2025
![[Agilde commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-cbtag).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 19 Feb 2025
Shield Azure two millstones Argent, in chief a lion passant Or langued and armed and animated Gules, holding a palm frond Argent, in base a maize plant couped Or fruited Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "AGILDE".
Meaning:
The lion with palm frond is an attribute of St. Euphemia, the local patron saint.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 30 October 2006
António Martins-Tuválkin,
Agilde is one of the ten communes of Celorico de Basto Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 1159 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 9,01 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Feb 2025
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