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![[Proença-a-Velha commune]](../images/p/pt-idnpv.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 6 May 2010
It is a fairly untypical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a quartered field (town rank) red and yellow.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 May 2010
![[Proença-a-Velha commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-idnpv).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 6 May 2010
The arms are Or two sheep Sable garnished Argent passant respectant and in chief a cross of the Christ Knights' Order and in base a wine mill wheel Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "PROENÇA-A-VELHA".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 May 2010
Published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 8 August 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 May 2010
Proença-a-Velha Commune is one of the 13 communes of Idanha-a-Nova Municipality; it had 224 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 57.8 km². The name of the town means Old Provençe (there is also a new one), probably after settlers from there after the Moorish period, but nothing on the arms refers to this connection, the red and yellow flag, matching the Occitan flag and one of the two Provencean flags, but that, derived from the charges as it is, is unlikely intentional.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 May 2010
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