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![[Miranda do Corvo municipality]](../images/p/pt-mcv.gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 7 Dec 2006
It is a quite typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red background.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Dec 2006
![[ municipality CoA]](../images/p/pt-mcv).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 7 Dec 2006
The arms are on a tower gules masoned sable and with port and windows gules [not really issuant but partly on; what's this?!] from a fess wavy azure in counterchief charged with a barrulet wavy argent between two 8-pointed stars gules a (Caucasian) bust proper dressed argent. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA DE MIRANDA DO CORVO".
Meaninig:
"Corvo" means "crow" or "raven", elements which are absent in the municipal arms. I have no idea abou the bust. The wavy fess stands fro river Mondego, which flows through the municipality and its seat town.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Dec 2006
Flag and coat of arms adopted and published in the official journal "Diário do Governo : III Série" in 1938.03.21.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Dec 2006
Plain (monocoloured) portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have variations without arms: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
Miranda do Corvo municipality had 13 400 inhabitants in 2000, and it is divided in 4 communes, covering 126,4 km². It is part of: Coimbra District, traditional province and 1999 ref. adm. region Beira Litoral, and C.C.R./NUT2 Centro.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Dec 2006
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