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![[Bugalhos commune]](../images/p/pt-acnbg.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 2 Aug 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Aug 2010
![[Bugalhos commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-acnbg).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 2 Aug 2010
The arms are Or an oak three leaved twig Vert with two acorns Argent garnished Sable and in chief a Marian crown Azure bejewelled Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading "BUGALHOS" in black upper case letters.
Meaning:
"Bugalho" (pl. "bugalhos") means "gall", which are often mistaken for actual fruit; the acorns in the arms may thus be canting; the Marian crown probably stands for the local Catholic Parish (from which the commune derived from and may still be conterminous to) patron, Our Lady of Graces.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Aug 2010
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 11 July 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Aug 2010
Bugalhos Commune is one of the seven communes of Alcanena Municipality (q.v.); it had 1732 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 16,39 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Aug 2010
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