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Nossa Senhora do Rosário Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Concelho de Lagoa, Açores

Last modified: 2017-01-25 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Nossa Senhora do Rosário commune] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2017
Information was kindly given to Sérgio Horta by the local administration.
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2017

Coat of arms

Shield Argent, a cogwheel Gules and a plate Azure ordered per fess; in chief a goshawk Proper, holding an inescutcheon blue, charged with five plates in quincunx (quina), in his claws; in base a boat Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "LAGOA - NOSSA SENHORA DO ROSÁRIO".
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Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2017

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 4 November 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2017

Presentation of Nossa Senhora do Rosário

Nossa Senhora do Rosário Commune is one of the five communes of Lagoa Municipality; it had 5396 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 6.2 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Jan 2017

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