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Gralhas Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Gralhas, Concelho de Montalegre, Distrito de Vila Real

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[Gralhas commune flag] 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 20 June 2024
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Gralhas Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of black and white. A typical Portuguese communal flag, it consists of a 2:3 .
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 June 2024

Coat of Arms


[Gralhas commune CoA] image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 20 June 2024

Shield Argent two crows Sable respectant, issuant from base wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure a mound Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "GRALHAS"
Meaning:
The word gralhas, a plural noon, means something like "crows", more exactly refering to almost any corvid except ravens; the arms are therefore partly canting.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 June 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 22 August 2008
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 June 2024

Presentation of Gralhas

Gralhas Commune is one of the 17 communes of Montalegre Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 186 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 20,82 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 June 2024


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