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![[Folgosinho commune flag]](../images/p/pt-gvafo.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 5 Feb 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Feb 2010
![[Folgosinho commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-gvafo).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 19 Feb 2010
The arms are Azure an open right hand Or surrounded in chief by two 5-point stars Argent and along the base by three globe amaranths (Latin: Gomphrena globosa) Or. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank)(town rank) and white scroll reading "VILA DE FOLGOSINHO" in black upper case letters.
Meaning:
I have no idea about the symbolism of the arms, apart from the stars standing for the local Star Mountains (Serra da Estrela).
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Feb 2010
Published in Diário do Governo : I Série on 29 April 1935 (an unusually early date), see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Feb 2010
Folgosinho is one of the ten communes of Gouveia Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 442 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 51,69 km². From 1187 to 1836 it was a separate municipality (what may account for the early attribution of a communal coat of arms).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Feb 2010 / 5 Feb 2025
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