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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Vilar (oimenta da Beira) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-mbrvi.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 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, 12 Feb 2025
Shield Gules two squeezers Or in fess with spindles of the same, on central chief point in an aureole Or a knife Sable in pale hafted Gules, base wavy Argent charged with three barrulets wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILAR – MOIMENTA DA BEIRA".
Meaning:
The base wavy is a representation of the dammed lake of Vilar, impounding the waters of the Távora River. Knife and aureole are alluding the St. Bartholomew, the local patron saint.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 22 March 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
Vilar is one of the 13 communes of Moimenta da Beira Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 316 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 8,84 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
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