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Vila Real de Santo António Municipality (Portugal)

Concelho de Vila Real de Santo António, Distrito de Faro

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• About the flag
• Version without the coat of arms
• Previous flags
• Presentation of Vila Real de Santo António

• Vila Real de Santo AntónioCommunes
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• Page about Vila Real de Santo António at the Portuguese Municipalities’s Association website (incl. image of the arms)
  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 background white and red gyronny (city rank). These arms and flag were adopted upon the upgrade of the municipality seat to city status in 1988.03.11 (though apparently not made official yet) and are a trivial change of the former arms and flag.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Mar 2007

Coat of arms

The arms are Vert on a counterchief wavy of Argent and Vert semy of fish Sable and below a Christian king’s head in dexter chief and a Moorish king’s head in sinister chief a sailship Gules dressed Argent casting a net Or over the waves. Mural crown argent with five visible towers (city rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "Vila Real de Santo António".
Meaning:
Both heads are typical for many communes located in the Algarve.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Mar 2007

Version without the coat of arms

Previous flags

1932-1988

Adopted and published in the official journal Diário do Governo : I Série in 1932.07.02; these included the usual town attributes, four visible crown tower, and a quartered background of white and red.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Mar 2007

Version without the coat of arms

Presentation of Vila Real de Santo António

Vila Real de Santo António municipality had 17 956 inhabitants in 2001 and consists of 3 communes covering 57,53 km². It is part of Faro District, traditional province, 1999 ref. adm. region, current C.C.R. / NUTS II, and NUTS III Algarve.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Jan 2007

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