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The commune probably has no proper symbols, just an empty shield with inscription and mural crown with three visible towers is displayed in this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2016
Ala Commune is one of the 30 communes of Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality; it had inhabitants in 2011 and covers km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2016
![[Vilarinho do Monte commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-mcdav-vm.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 26 Mar 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Sources: this photo and this photo
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Mar 2016
![[Vilarinho do Monte commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-mcdav-vm).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 26 Mar 2016
Shield Or, on a mound Vert a pig Argent emphasized Sable and eyed Gules, atop the mound an embattled Roman fortress (lit.: a castrum-like building) Gules masoned Argent.
Mural crown Argent with three visible towers and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILARINHO DO MONTE".
Meaning:
"Vilarinho" means something like "small settlement" and "monte" means "hill", which makes the arms partly canting. However the whole toponym is a miniaturisation for a nearby village and commune seat, Vilar do Monte, to which it was named (one of many such cases in Portugal). I have no specific info about any additional symbolism for the pig and the fortress, apart from the obvious.
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Mar 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 October 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Mar 2016
Vilarinho do Monte Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality; it had 67 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7.3 km².
Source:
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