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Porto de Mós Municipality (Portugal)

Concelho de Porto de Mós, Distrito de Leiria

Last modified: 2014-11-01 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Porto de Mós municipality] 2:3 image by André Serranho, 31 July 1999
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About the Flag

It is a fairly typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white and red.

António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 July 1999

Coat of arms

[Porto de Mós municipality CoA] image by Sérgio Horta,

The coat of arms is Sules, a castle Or masoned Sable with port and windows Sable, on each of the lateral towers a tree Vert , all flanked by two 8-point stars Argent, in base three plane leaves Or between two millstones Argent, each perched by a bird of the same. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA DE PORTO DE MÓS".
Meaning:
"Porto de Mós" means "Millstone Harbour", so these arms show partial canting.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 July 1999 / 29 Aug 2001

Flag adopted and published in Diário da República: III Sérieon 14 June 1986
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 July 1999


Version without Coat of Arms

[ municipality plain] 2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, Apr 2010

Presentation of Porto de Mós

Porto de Mós municipality had 23 680 inhabitants in 1990, and it is divided in 10 communes, covering 260 km². It belongs to theLeiria District and to the traditional province of Estremadura.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 July 1999


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