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![[Valongo municipality]](../images/p/pt-vlg.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 21 May 2007
It is a fairly typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a black and green gyronny (city rank) field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2007
![[Valongo municipality CoA]](../images/p/pt-vlg).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 20 May 2007
The arms are Argent between two mill millwheels Sable emphasized Or and above two fesses wavy Azure, a sheaf of five wheat ears Vert tied Or. Mural crown Argent with five visible towers (city rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "MUNICíPIO DE VALONGO"
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2007
These arms and flag were adopted upon the upgrade of the municipality seat to city status on 10 August 1990 and are a trivial change of the former arms and flag — according to Sérgio Horta, as of 22 December 2005, this flag is not yet published in the official journal.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2007
![[ municipality plain]](../images/p/pt-vlg0.gif)
2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, Apr 2010
![[Valongo municipality 1935]](../images/p/pt-vlg4.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 21 May 2007
The previous, town rank, flag and arms, were adopted and published in the official journal Diário do Governo : I Série on 23 November 1935 These included the
usual town attributes: four visible crown towers, "vila" in the scroll and green and black quarterly flag.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2007
![[Valongo municipality plain 1935]](../images/p/pt-vlg04.gif)
2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, Apr 2010
Valongo municipality had 86 005 inhabitants in 2001 and consists of 5 communes covering 77,99 km². It is part of Porto District, traditional province Douro Litoral, 1999 ref. adm. region Entre Douro e Minho, current C.C.R. / NUTS II Norte, and NUTS III Grande Porto.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2007
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