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![[Arrimal e Mendiga united commune flag]](../images/p/pt-pmsam.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2025
![[Arrimal e Mendiga united commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-pmsam).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2025
Shield Gules with base wavy of Argent and Azure, an impending arch Argent masoned Sable, flanked on either side by a chisel Argent and a hammer Argent hilted Or in saltire, on chief six coins ordered 3:2:1, above and below four bezants, in between two plates. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE ARRIMAL E MENDIGA".
Meaning:
Base wavy and arch are taken from the arms of the former Arrimal Commune, coins and tools from those of the former Mendiga Commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 10 May 2017
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2025
Arrimal e Mendiga is one of the three communes of Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 1574 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 38,6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2025
![[Arrimal commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-pmsam-ar.gif)
2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 15 Feb 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Feb 2017
Shield Gules with base wavy of Argent and Azure; an arch Argent masoned Sable; in chief two pairs of olive branches Or fruited Sable, both tied per saltire. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "ARRIMAL".
Meaning:
The arch is a representation of the local Arco da Memória.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Feb 2017
Published in Diário da República: III Série on August 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Feb 2017
Arrimal was one of the six communes of Porto de Mós Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 744 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 18,6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Feb 2017
![[Mendiga commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-pmsam-md.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 15 Feb 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Feb 2017
Shield Gules, a chisel Argent and a hammer Argent hilted Or, crossed per saltire, issuant from base a rocky triplemount Argent, in chief six coins ordered 3:2:1, above and below 4 bezants, in between two plates. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "MENDIGA".
Meaning:
Mendiga means beggar, and the coins are embedded due to a legend, symbolising the generosity of the inhabitants, who gave coins to a female beggar.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Feb 2017
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 19 February 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Feb 2017
Mendiga was one of the six communes of Porto de Mós Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 930 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 20,0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Feb 2017
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