Last modified: 2014-10-28 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Leça do Balio commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-mtscg-lb.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 4 Aug 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Aug 2010
![[Leça do Balio commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-mtscg-lb).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 4 Aug 2010
The arms are Gules a castle an embattled wall Argent masoned and slit Sable issuant from a base wavy of Azure and Argent, in chief a Maltese cross Argent. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading "LEÇA DO BALIO" in black upper case letters.
Meaning:
River Leça flows through the commune, thus the blue waves are canting; "balio" means "bailiff" and indeed this commune was part of the Leça Bailiwick, ruled by the Malta Order from 1123 to 1835; thence the Maltese Cross, also a canting element.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Aug 2010
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 8 August 1997. Arms and flag were created by heraldist Luís Moreira, of GEPHA.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Aug 2010
Leça do Balio Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Matosinhos Municipality (q.v.); it had 15 673 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 8,88 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Aug 2010
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