Last modified: 2016-08-09 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Vila Cova de Alva commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-agnva-vc.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 9 Aug 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and green.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Aug 2016
Shield Vert with base wavy of Argent and Azure, in chief three flax blossoms Argent, ordered per fess, issuant from base a throughout bridge Or masoned Sable, having three arches. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "VILA COVA DE ALVA".
Meaning:
The base wavy is representing Alva River.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Aug 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 18 July 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Aug 2016
Vila Cova de Alva Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Arganil Municipality; it had 513 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 12.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Aug 2016
![[Anceriz commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-agnva-az.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Aug 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Aug 2016
Shield Or, a heraldic fountain, surrounded by an arch Sable masoned Or, flanked by an eradicated bean plant Vert blossomed Gules at dexter, and a branch of pine Vert with cones Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "ANCERIZ".
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Aug 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 27 February 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Aug 2016
Anceriz, also Anseriz, Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Arganil Municipality; it had 146 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Aug 2016
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