Last modified: 2015-12-14 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Grijó commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vnggs-gj.gif)
2:3 image by , 31 Mar 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and blue.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015
Shield Or, in base a fess wavy Azure charged with two barrulets wavy Argent, above the fess a building Argent garnished Sable flanked as follows by four objects: 1) in dexter chief a Paschal Lamb couchant reguardant Argent, in sinister chief an inescutcheon Azure charged with 13 plates ordered 2:3:2:3:2:1, in dexter base a cogwheel Argent partially covered by a rose of Gules and Argent and a single grain ear Vert, in sinister base a corn cob Or leaved Vert. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "VILA DE GRIJÓ".
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015
Grijó Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vila Nova de Gaia Municipality (q.v.); it had 10 578 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 11.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015
![[Sermonde commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vnggs-se.gif)
2:3 image by , 31 Mar 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015
Shield Purpure, a fountain Argent spitting water of the same between two corn cobs Or leaved of the same, in chief two keys Or crossed per saltire, in base a lyre Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "SERMONDE".
Meaning:
The crossed keys are an attribute of St. Peter, the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 30 October 1997, draft of flag and arms made by Luís Moreira (GEPHA)
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015
Sermonde Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vila Nova de Gaia Municipality (q.v.); it had 1360 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 1.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015
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