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Vale das Fontes Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Vale das Fontes, Concelho de Vinhais, Distrito de Bragança

Last modified: 2017-01-20 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: vale das fontes | palm(leaf) | basket | knife | fountain(heraldic) |
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[Vale das Fontes commune#1]
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 16 Nov 2016
[Vale das Fontes commune#2]
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 26 Nov 2016
   


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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Sources: this image and this image
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 / 26 Nov 2016

Coat of arms

[Vale das Fontes commune CoA#1]
image by Sérgio Horta, 16 Nov 2016
[Vale das Fontes commune CoA#2]
image by Sérgio Horta, 26 Nov 2016
   

The shield of the arms is Gules three heraldic fountains set in fess,in chief a knife Argent and a palm frond Or set per saltire, in base a wicker basket Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VALE DAS FONTES - VINHAIS". (in traditional scroll (see left image above) or Bénard-Guedes scroll (see right image above) ).Note also the (hyper) correct rendering of the fountains as barrulets Azure wavy on a roundel Argent (see right image above), instead of barrulets Argent wavy on a roundel Azure (see left image above), to avoid breaking the rule of tinctures due to the ground Gules.
Meaning:
"Vale das fontes" means litterally "valley of the springs/fountains" and the arms are partly canting. This village seems to be the only one of its name in Portugal; the reason to add the name of the municipality on the scroll eludes me.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 / 26 Nov 2016

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 15 March 2001 (with inscription of scroll: "VALE DAS FONTES") and 15 April 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Nov 2016


Presentation of Vale das Fontes

Vale das Fontes Commune is one of the 26 communes of Vinhais Municipality; it had 347 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 16.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Nov 2016


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