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Valongo Municipality (Portugal)

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Valongo municipality
image by Sérgio Horta, 21 May 2007
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About the flag

It is a fairily typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centered on a black and green gyronny (city rank) background. These arms and flag were adopted upon the upgrade of the municipality seat to city status in 1990.08.10 and are a trivial change of the former arms and flag — according to Sérgio Horta, as of 2005.12.22, this flag is not yet published in the official journal.
António Martins, 20 May 2007

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Coat of arms

Valongo municipality
image by Sérgio Horta, 22 May 2007

The arms are Argent between two mill millwheels Sable emphasized Or and above two fesses wavy Azure a sheaf of five wheat eras Vert tied Or. Mural crown argent with five visible towers (city rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "Município de Valongo".
António Martins, 20 May 2007

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Version without the coat of arms

Valongo plain flag
image by António Martins, 2010

Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have armless variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999

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Previous flag

1986-1994 Valongo municipality
image by Sérgio Horta, 20 May 2007

The previous, town rank, flag and arms, were adopted and published in the official journal Diário do Governo : I Série in 1935.11.23. These included the usual town attributes: four visible crown towers, "vila" in the scroll and green and black quarterly flag.
António Martins, 20 May 2007

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Version without the coat of arms

Valongo plain flag
image by António Martins, 2010

Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have armless variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999

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Presentation of Valongo

Valongo municipality had 86 005 inhabitants in 2001 and consists of 5 communes covering 77,99 km². It is part of Porto District, traditional province Douro Litoral, 1999 ref. adm. region Entre Douro e Minho, current C.C.R. / NUTS II Norte, and NUTS III Grande Porto.
António Martins, 20 May 2007


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