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![[Figueiredo de Alva commune]](../images/p/pt-spsfa.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 9 Apr 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2010
![[Figueiredo de Alva commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-spsfa).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 9 Apr 2025
The arms are Argent an orb Azure encircled Or and ensigned with a cross crosslet of the first and in orle ten fig leaves Or. Mural crown argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "FIGUEIREDO DE ALVA".
Meaning:
The word "figueiredo", apart from being a common Portuguese surname, may also mean "fig grove", and thus the fig leaves are canting. The orb is an attribute of Jesus Christ, being the local patron saint as the Divine Saviour.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin and Jan Mertens, 16 Apr 2010
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 12 May 2005,
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2010
Figueiredo de Alva is one of the ten communes of São Pedro do Sul Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 721 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 15,56 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Apr 2025
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