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![[Moimenta (Terras de Bouro) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-tbrmo.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 8 May 2025
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, 8 May 2025
![[Moimenta (Terras de Bouro) commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-tbrmo).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 8 May 2025
Shield Argent a bend sinister wavy Azure charged with two bendlets sinister wavy Argent and accompanied at dexter chief by a saltire couped
Purple and at sinister base by a watermill wheel Vert garnished Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "MOIMENTA - TERRAS DE BOURO"
Meaning:
In spite of the toponymic discrepancy, the settlement that serves as the municipal seat is located in this commune: It was renamed to match the name of the municipality (as Vila de Terras de Bouro, in full style) in 2005, from its previous designation (Vila de Covas). A settlement named Moimenta also exists in this commune, which takes its name, but diffuse geographic spread pattern of dwellings and other structures make this matter unclear — and also, not flag related.
What is more or less flag-related is that the usual situation, in most other municipalities in Portugal, especially rural ones as this is, is that one commune within each municipality shares its toponym and the seat settlement with the municipality itself.
Also flag-related is that, in spite of the presence of this municipal seal town in its communal territory, this commune´s coat of arms show only three towers in its mural crown.
The saltire is an attribute of st. Andrew, the local patron saint. The blue bend sinister wavy is a representation of the Homem River.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 May 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 5 December 2002
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 May 2025
Moimenta is one of the 11 communes of Terras de Bouro Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 783 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 3,05 km². It is the seat of the municipality.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 May 2025
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