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Cartaxo e Vale da Pinta Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2015-04-25 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Cartaxo e Vale da Pinta, Concelho de Cartaxo, Distrito de Santarém


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Former Cartaxo Commune (until 2013)

[Cartaxo commune (-2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Or, a labarum (= flag with cross-shaped pole) Gules with a cross Latin Argent fixed sable, flanked by two swallows Volant affront Proper in chief and two grapevines leaved Vert in base, the dexter one fruited Purpure, the sinister one fruited Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "FREGUESIA DE CARTAXO".
Sources: this webpage, especially this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2015

The flag is in use at least since 2006.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2015


Presentation of Cartaxo

Cartaxo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of the Cartaxo municipality (q.v.); it had 11 370 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 19.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2015


Former Vale da Pinta Commune (until 2013)

[Vale da Pinta commune (-2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 19 Apr 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Azure, two swords Or crossed per saltire, superimposed by an embowed escutcheon Argent charged with five inescutcheons Azure ordered per cross, each of them charged with 11 plates,de azul, chief Argent charged with three rounded crosses patty Gules ordered per fess. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "VALE DA PINTA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2015

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 25 November 1995
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2015


Presentation of Vale da Pinta

Vale da Pinta Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of the Cartaxo municipality (q.v.); it had 1295 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2015


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