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Alcochete Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Alcochete, Concelho de Alcochete, Distrito de Setúbal

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[Alcochete commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 25 Feb 2008
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2008

Coat of arms

[Alcochete commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 25 Feb 2008

The arms are Gules, issuant from a base wavy Argent charged with three barrulets wavy Azure a pillory Argent topped by an armillary sphere Or and between two salt pyramids Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (commune rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "FREGUESIA DE ALCOCHETE".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2008

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 14 February 1997
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2008

Presentation of Alcochete

Commune is one of the three communes of Alcochete Municipality (q.v.); it had 9094 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 87.45 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2008

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