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![[Vila Cortês da Serra commune flag]](../images/p/pt-gvavc.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 9 Feb 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Feb 2025
![[Vila Cortês da Serra commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-gvavc).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 9 Feb 2025
Shield Argent two grape bunches Purple leafed Vert in fess, in chief an estoile Azure, issuant from flanches and from a base wavy Argent, charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, a mound of two coupeaux Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILA CORTÊS DA SERRA"
Meaning:
As usual for communes with "da Serra" (= "of the mountains") in their toponym, the coat of arms is partly canting with its mound. Additionally (and as in many local coats of arms in this region), the star stands for the mountain range Serra da Estrela (something like Star Mountains).
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 9 December 2004
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Feb 2025
Vila Cortês da Serra is one of the ten communes of Gouveia Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 202 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 11,06 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Feb 2025
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