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![[Vilas Boas e Vilarinho das Azenhas united commune flag]](../images/p/pt-vflvv.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 Dec 2023
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and green.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 Dec 2023
![[Vilas Boas e Vilarinho das Azenhas united uommune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vflvv).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 31 Dec 2023
Shield Vert on chief a wyvern Argent on base two watermill wheels Or in fess. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE VILAS BOAS E VILARINHO DAS AZENHAS".
Meaning:
Although blazoned in Portuguese as a dragon, the animal in chief is clearly a wyvern. "Azenha" means "river mill", so these arms are partly canting.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 Dec 2023
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 27 March 2020, five years after having been adopted by the local council on 29 April 2015,
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 Dec 2023
Vilas Boas and Vilarinho das Azenhas was one of the five communes of Vila Flor Municipality created anew by the 2013 changes by a merger, the new commune had an accummulated population of 525 inhabitants in 2021 census data and covers 42.96 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 Dec 2023
![[Vilas Boas town flag until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vflvv-vb.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Jan 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and purpure.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Jan 2024
![[Vilas Boas town CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vflvv-vb).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 24 Jan 2024
Shield Purpure vywern Argent in chief, issuant from base a doublemount Or with an impending olive branch Argent fruited Sable above of each peak. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILAS BOAS - VILA FLOR".
Meaning:
This beast stands for Vilas Boas town, being indirectly canting for it, too — it does show also in that extinct commune´s arms (misblazoned as such, too), but both ultimately derive from the Vilas Boas family arms, whence perhaps the misblazoning comes. The wyvern can be seen in the arms of Ruy Gonçalo do Valle Peixoto de Villas Boas, a recent SMOM [smom.html] Grand Commander of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta see here
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Jan 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 22 June 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Jan 2024
Vilas Boas was one of the ten communes of Vila Flor Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 550 inhabitants in 2021 and covered 28,57 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Jan 2024
![[Vilarinho das Azenhas commune flag until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vflvv-va.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Jan 2024
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, 23 Jan 2024
![[Vilarinho das Azenhas commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vflvv-va).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 23 Jan 2024
Shield Vert three watermill wheels Or in chevron issuant of a base wavy Argent charged with a bar wavy Azure a humpback bridge Argent masoned Sable with three arches. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers(village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILARINHO DAS AZENHAS".
Meaning:
The word "azenhaazenha" means "watermill", usually "rivermill" — these arms are partly canting.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Jan 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 29 November 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Jan 2024
Vilarinho das Azenhas was one of the ten communes of Vila Flor Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 109 inhabitants in 2021 and covered 14,21 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Jan 2024
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