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![[Vila Verde (Alijó) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-aljvv.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Apr 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Apr 2024
![[Vila Verde (Alijó) commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-aljvv).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 2 Apr 2024
Shield Argent on mound Vert with base wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure a goat passant Argent, in chief three eradicated pine trees Vert in fess fruited Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILA VERDE - ALIJÓ".
Meaning:
The phrase "vila verde" means "green town"; the arms can therefore be said to be punning, for the proeminent use of the colour green (but then again, many of these flags are mostly green, with no toponymical reason for it).
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Apr 2024
Flag and arms established by the CHAAP on 6 January 2000 but not (yet) approved by the local communal parliament.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Apr 2024
Vila Verde was one of the ten communes of Alijó Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 547 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 42,09 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Apr 2024
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