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Aves Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Aves, Concelho de Santo Tirso, Distrito do Porto

Last modified: 2015-06-02 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Aves commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 22 May 2008
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About the Flag

It is a fairly typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a yellow and blue quartered field (town rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2008

Coat of arms

[Aves commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 22 May 2008

The arms are Vert a fess wavy Argent charged with two barrulets wavy Azure and in chief a scales Or hanging from a flaming sword Or pointing upwards and in base a shuttle Or with bobbin of the Same. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "AVES".
Meaning:
The toponym means "birds’ town", but there are none on the arms.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2008

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República : III Série in 1996.02.20.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2008

Presentation of Aves

Aves Commune is seated in Aves town (a.k.a. Vila das Aves) and is one of the 13 communes of Santo Tirso Municipality; it had 8492 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 6,07 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2008

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