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![[Muxagata (Vila Nova de Foz Côa) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-vlfmx.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jan 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jan 2025
Shield Or a cross patty Gules charged with a Greek cross Argent, flanked on chief by a cat passant Sable and on base by an owl volant Sable armed Or. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "MUXAGATA - VILA NOVA de FOZ CÔA".
Meaning:
The cat (Portuguese: gata) is a canting element. The cross is that one of the Order of the Knights of Christ.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jan 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 25 October 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jan 2025
Muxagata is one of the 12 communes of Vila Nova de Foz Côa Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 267 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 27,36 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jan 2025
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