Vidigueira Municipality (Portugal)

Concelho de Vidigueira, Distrito de Beja

Last modified: 2015-06-28 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Presentation of Vidigueira

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  reported by António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Nov 2001

About the flag

It is a fairily typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centered on a white and green quartered (town rank) background. Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário do Governo : I Série in 1938.06.07.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Feb 2007

Coat of arms

The arms are Sable a fortified tower masoned and open and litten of the Same overgrown by a grape vine issuant from the dexter and trunked Proper and leafed Vert and fruited Purple. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA DA VIDIGUEIRA".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Feb 2007

The arms are partly canting for "vidigueira" (which has no common meaning in modern Portuguese) is vaguely cognate with grape vine.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Feb 2007

Version without the coat of arms

Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have armless variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 July 1999

Presentation of Vidigueira

Vidigueira municipality had 6188 inhabitants in 2001 and consists of 4 communes covering 314,20 km². It is part of Beja District, traditional province and NUTS III Baixo Alentejo, and 1999 ref. adm. region and C.C.R. / NUTS II Alentejo.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Feb 2007

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