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![[Pinho (São Pedro do Sul) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-spspn.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 11 Apr 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Sources: Sérgio Horta´s webpage and municipal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Apr 2025
![[Pinho (São Pedro do Sul) commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-spspn).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 11 Apr 2025
Shield Or three pines eradicated Vert fructed Or set in fess, in chief on a mandorla Gules a Paschal Lamb Argent couchant holding a staff cruciger Or flagged with a cross Gules on Argent, on base wavy Azure a barrulet wavy Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "PINHO - S. PEDRO DO SUL".
Meaning:
The Portuguese word "pinho" means "pine" in both acceptions — both the tree (although its pleonastic derivative "pinheiro", akin to English "pine tree", is more common) and also its timber; the arms are therefore partly canting. The Paschal Lamb is an attribute of St. John the Baptist.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage and communal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Apr 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 4 January 2008, see here, and "corrected" (due to a typo, but adding two new typos in the fix) on 11 January 2008, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Apr 2025
Pinho is one of the ten communes of São Pedro do Sul Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 654 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 15,52 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Apr 2025
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