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![[Longa commune flag]](../images/p/pt-tbclo.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 22 Mar 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 Mar 2025
![[Longa commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-tbclo).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 22 Mar 2025
Shield Azure a castle Argent masoned Sable with port and windows Sable, charged with an estoile Gules, in chief a potato plant eradicated Or fructed Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard-Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "LONGA".
Meaning:
The red star comes from the Coutinho family arms, which are Or five estoiles Gules, see here, the stars often (not always) represented with 5 points.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 Mar 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 December 2003
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 Mar 2025
Longa, also known as Longra, is one of the nine communes of Tabuaço Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 209 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 7,26 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 Mar 2025
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