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![[Sobrado commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vlgcs-so.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 18 Dec 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a green and white quartered field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Dec 2010
![[Sobrado commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vlgcs-so).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 17 Dec 2010
he arms are Argent a rose Gules barbed Vert and seeded Or surrounded in chief by a crescent Azure, both flanked by two wheat ears Vert, in base a triplemount Vert. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SOBRADO - VALONGO".
Meaning:
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Dec 2010
![[Sobrado commune (1995 - 2003)]](../images/p/pt-vlgcs-so1.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 17 Dec 2010
The current flag was approved upon upgrade of the commune seat to town status in 2001. The previous arms had identical bearings, differing only in the number of towers, three (commune status), and the flag was plain green.
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 4 August 2003, former flag and arms on 7 March 1995.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Dec 2010
Sobrado Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Valongo Municipality (q.v.);it had 25 322 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 19,40 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Dec 2010
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