Four yellow and black quarters with arms of scallop shells and pomegranates. The name of the village is drawn on the arms.
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Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.
It is a rectangular field divided into four equal quarters (four rectangles), yellow and black alternating, with the town arms in the centre.
Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.
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The arms and the flag were published in the Diário do Governo on 26 April 1940
In 1999 a variant with eight gores was documented
How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.
The flag of Vieira do Minho has four quarters, that is four rectangles, yellow and black, with the arms in the centre. On them appear three scallop shells, a name turned into a drawing.
The arms and the flag were published in the Diário do Governo on 26 April 1940, according to Flags of the World. Vieira do Minho is a town, hence the quarters and the crown of four towers. It shares the yellow and black of Viana do Castelo and Portalegre, although there is no relation between them.
No earlier version is known. In 1999 a variant with eight gores was documented, which does not follow the rule.
Yellow and black
the quarters. The sources consulted do not explain them.
Three scallop shells
the name of the village, because vieira means scallop shell.
Red pomegranates and corn cobs
the fruits and crops of the area.
Wavy silver band
Flags of the World reads it as the river Miño.
White scroll
“Vila de Vieira do Minho”, or just “Vieira do Minho” on the quartered flag.
A coat of arms that draws the name of the place is called canting. The scallop shells and the name of the village match.
Flags of the World recorded in 1999 a variant with eight black and yellow gores, the ground proper to a city, although Vieira do Minho is only a town.
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Flag image: Sérgio Horta, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0.
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