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Vale das Fontes Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Vale das Fontes, Concelho de Vinhais, Distrito de Bragança

2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 16 Nov 2016
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 26 Nov 2016

About the flag
Presentation of Vale das Fontes

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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Sources: this image and this image
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 / 26 Nov 2016

Coat of arms

image by Sérgio Horta, 16 Nov 2016
image by Sérgio Horta, 26 Nov 2016

The shield of the arms is Gules three heraldic fountains set in fess,in chief a knife Argent and a palm frond Or set per saltire, in base a wicker basket Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VALE DAS FONTES - VINHAIS". (in traditional scroll (see left image above) or Bénard-Guedes scroll (see right image above) ).Note also the (hyper) correct rendering of the fountains as barrulets Azure wavy on a roundel Argent (see right image above), instead of barrulets Argent wavy on a roundel Azure (see left image above), to avoid breaking the rule of tinctures due to the ground Gules.
Meaning:
"Vale das fontes" means litterally "valley of the springs/fountains" and the arms are partly canting. This village seems to be the only one of its name in Portugal; the reason to add the name of the municipality on the scroll eludes me.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 / 26 Nov 2016

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 15 March 2001 (with inscription of scroll: "VALE DAS FONTES") and 15 April 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Nov 2016

Presentation of Vale das Fontes

Vale das Fontes Commune is one of the 26 communes of Vinhais Municipality; it had 347 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 16.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Nov 2016

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