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It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag,
with the coat of arms centred on a gyronny background
(city rank) of red and
yellow. This is the flag in use since after the upgrading of the
municipality seat to city status, in 1988.02.01, dully confirmed (for there
were no significant changes) by CHAAP in 1999.04.19.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 06 Jan 2007
The arms are
Sable on a base wavy barry wavy Argent and Vert a sail ship Gules with three
lateens dressed and rigged and flagged Or. Mural crown argent with five
visible towers (city rank) and white scroll
reading in black upper case letters "VILA DO CONDE".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Jan 2007
Before the upgrading of the municipality seat to city status, in
1988.02.01, the mural crown had only four towers and the flag was
quarterly (town rank).
This flag and arms were adopted and published in the official journal
Diário do Governo : I
Série in 1935.04.08.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Jan 2007
Vila do Conde municipality had 74 391 inhabitants in 2001, and it
consists of 30 communes, covering 149,0 km². It is part of
Porto District, traditional province
Douro Litoral, 1999 ref. adm. region
Entre Douro e Minho, current C.C.R. / NUTS II Norte,
and NUTS III Grande Porto.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 06 Jan 2007
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