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Agrolândia, Santa Catarina (Brazil)

image by Ivan Sache 31 October 2021

The municipality
Description of the flag
C.E. Serra dos Alves

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The municipality

The municipality of Agrolândia (10,711 inhabitants in 2018; 20,755 ha) is located 275 km west of Florianópolis.

Agrolândia was colonized in 1911 by brothers Ricardo and Domingos Alves Paes and their families, coming from Lages. The Alves family eventually settled there, the place being renamed to Serra dos Alves (Alves' Mountain). The first German immigrants - Otto Zwicker, Otto and Leopoldo Prochnow, and João and Eduardo Will - settled in 1917, followed a few years later by Italian families coming from Rodeio and Rio dos Cedros.
The district of Trombudo Alto was established within Rio do Sul by Municipal Law No. 301 promulgated on 1 May 1957 and validated by State Law No. 308 promulgated on 29 August 1957. The district was transferred to the municipality of Trombuda Central by State Law No. 348 promulgated on 21 June 1958.
The municipality of Agrolândia was established by State Law No. 831 promulgated on 12 June 1962 and inaugurated on 25 July 1962.

https://www.agrolandia.sc.gov.br
Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 31 October 2021

Description of the Flag

The flag of Agrolândia is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 509 promulgated on 23 February 1987.

Article 1.
The municipal flag has the following heraldic description: Composed of three fields of equal size, placed vertically, the first, at hoist, red, the second, white with the municipal arms, and the third, blue.

Article 2.
The flag shall have the following specifications.
I - The flag's width shall be 20 units.
II - The flag's length shall be 28 units.

http://www.legislacaomunicipal.com/gedocnet/imagens/83102582000144/lei01905.pdf
Legislação Municipal database

The coat of arms of Agrolândia is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 508 promulgated on 23 February 1987.

Article 1.
The arms of the municipality have the following blazoning.
An Iberian shield with yellow background. In upper canton, a stylized greater half-cogwheel inscribing stylized representations of a cow's head, a pig, three hens and a plow; in upper canton, a stylized lesser cogwheel inscribing the stylized representation of a factory. In lower canton, stylized representations of men and women clad in traditional costume. A yellow mural crown and a yellow scroll. The stylized men and women clad in traditional costume shall be in odd number.

Appendix.
Heraldic elucidation of the coat of arms of Agrolândia.

Shield: So-called Iberian, rounded-off in base.
Mural crown: With four open towers, the private and consecrated emblem of municipalities and their administrative autonomy.
Motto: "AGROLÂNDIA" on a scroll.
Dates: "1916" and "1962", the years of colonization and municipality's inauguration, respectively.
Greater half-cogwheel: Inscribing stylized representations of a cow's head, a pig, three hens and a plow, which represent agriculture and breeding as the municipality's main sources of income.
Lesser cogwheel: Inscribing the stylized representation of a factory, which represents industry in the municipality.
Stylized representation of men and women: Clad in traditional costume and dancing, representing the inhabitants' traditions and folklore, also a tribute to the municipality's colonizers.

http://www.legislacaomunicipal.com/gedocnet/imagens/83102582000144/lei01904.pdf
Legislação Municipal database

Photos
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Ivan Sache, 31 October 2021

C.E. Serra dos Alves

image by Ivan Sache 31 October 2021

The flag of C.E. Serra dos Alves is divided red-blue according to the descending diagonal, charged in the center with a white disc featuring the school's emblem. The motto "Educando para a via" reads "Educating for life".

Photo
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradeagrolandia/
Ivan Sache 31 October 2021