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![[Vila da Ponte commune flag]](../images/p/pt-mtrvi.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 11 July 2024
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, 11 July 2024
![[Vila da Ponte commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-mtrvi).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 11 July 2024
Shield Argent three triplets of wheat ears Vert tied Gules ordered 2:1, issunt from base wavy Arzure charged with a barrulet wavy Argent a throughout bridge Sable masoned Argent having three different arches. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILA DA PONTE - MONTALEGRE".
Meaning:
The phrase "vila da ponte" means literally "town of the bridge", so simply "bridgetown"; the arms are canting.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 July 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 15 March 2004
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 July 2024
Vila da Ponte is one of the 17 communes of Montalegre Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 110 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 16,61 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 July 2024
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