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Rio de Moinhos Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Rio de Moinhos, Concelho de Borba, Distrito de Évora

2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 26 Nov 2010

About the flag
Presentation of Rio de Moinhos

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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Nov 2010 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Oct 2014

Coat of arms

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Oct 2014

The arms are Argent divided by a fess Azure wavy, in central chief a cross Gules fleury fitchy flanked by two millstones Sable, in base another millstone Sable. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading "RIO DE MOINHOS - BORBA" in black upper case letters.
Meaning:
The fess wavy and the millstones are canting elements, because the name of the village means "river of (water)mills". (The strange thing is that there is no river, not even a creek on the nowadays territory of Rio de Moinhos.). The cross, a St. James sword-cross, is alluding to the Order of santiago.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Nov 2010 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Oct 2014

Flag and arms were adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 26 January 1995
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Nov 2010 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Oct 2014

Presentation of Rio de Moinhos

Rio de Moinhos is one of the 4 communes of Borba Municipality. It had 2056 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 52,86 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Nov 2010 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Oct 2014

pt 167388 From: AntÃ³nio MARTINS-TuvÃ¡lkin Date: Fri Nov 26, 2010 6:11 pm Subject: (pt) Rio de Moinhos Commune (Borba Municipality, Portugal) It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centered on a plain blue background. The arms are Argent a fess wavy Azure between three mill wheels Sable and in chief a . Mural crown argent with three visible towers (commune rank) and red scroll reading in black upper case letters "Rio de Moinhos - Borba". Rio de Moinhos Commune is one of the 5 communes of the Borba Municipality (q.v.); it had 2271 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 52,92 kmÂ². See also < http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Moinhos_%28Borba%29 >.

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