![[Ferreira do Alentejo municipality]](../images/p/pt-fal.gif)
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2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin and André Serranho, 13 Nov 1998
It is a fairly typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Nov 1998
![[Ferreira do Alentejo municipality CoA]](../images/p/pt-fal).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 13 Nov 1998
Argent, castle tower Sable, masoned Argent with port and windows Argent between a sword-cross of the Santiago order superimposed by a scallop Or dexter and a figure of a farrier skirted Sable sinister, in chief four wheat ears Or leaved Vert. Mural crown with four visible towers Argent and white scroll reading "VILA DE FERREIRA DO ALENTEJO".
The farrier (or blacksmith), in Portuguese: Ferreiro is a canting element.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Nov 1998
Flag and arms adopted and published in Diário do Governo : I Série on 2 July 1936
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Nov 1998
Plain (monocoloured) Portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have variations without arms: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 July 1999
Ferreira do Alentejo is a medium sized town, capital of a municipality with 648 km² and 9790 inhabitants in four communes. It is located currently in the Beja district and once belonged to the Baixo Alentejo province.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Nov 1998
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