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![[Vreia de Jales commune flag]](../images/p/pt-vpavj.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 16 Oct 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, 16 Oct 2024
![[Vreia de Jales commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-vpavj).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 16 Oct 2024
Shield Azure on a triplemount Or a pair of pick axes Sable hafted Gules in saltire, issuant from base over all a hump bridge Sable masoned Argent, in chief a Marian
crown Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VREIA DE JALES"
Meaning:
The word "vreia" is a variant of "breia" (interestingly contra local dialectal pronounciation which doesn´t distinguish b and v) and means "plateau"; the arms are therefore not canting for this meaning. The crossed pick axes and the golden hills likely symbolise the namesake gold mine, while the bridge stands for the local Roman bridge, see here.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Oct 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 5 June 2000,
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Oct 2024
Vreia de Jales was one of the 12 communes of Vila Pouca de Aguiar Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 852 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 48,03 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Oct 2024
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