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klaus-michael schneider
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The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 July 2024
![[Vilar de Perdizes commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-mtr.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 12 July 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 July 2024
![[Vilar de Perdizes commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-mtr).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 12 July 2024
Shield Argent a plough Gules with its shares Sable, on chief two grape bunches Purple leafed Vert, onin base two partridges Proper addorsed. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILAR DE PERDIZES - S. MIGUEL".
Meaning:
The phrase "vilar de perdizes" means literally "hamlet of partridges"; the arms are canting. The depicted birds are of the species Alectoris rufa (red-legged partridge), which is the expected for this location.
This commune had the alternative / cummulative designation of São Miguel, which is stated in the scroll text .
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 July 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 6 May 2003
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 July 2024
Vilar de Perdizes was one of the 18 communes of Montalegre Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 460 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 25,56 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 July 2024
The commune had been dissolved and had no proper symbols as Hiperglobal webpage displays just an empty shield.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 July 2024
Meixide was one of the 18 communes of Montalegre Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 88 inhabitants in 2021 and covered 12,17 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 July 2024
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