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![[Vila Franca da Serra commune flag]](../images/p/pt-gvavf.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 18 Feb 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Feb 2025
![[Vila Franca da Serra commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-gvavf).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 18 Feb 2025
Shield Argent two sheep Sable respectant animated Gules, in chief a garb of three rye ears Vert tied Argent, issuant from flanches and from a base wavy Argent, charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, a mound of three coupeaux Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILA FRANCA DA SERRA".
Meaning:
The mound and its coupeaux are generically denotative of a mountain range, the additional epithet "da serra" (= "of the range"). The mound is thus a canting element. The base wavy is a representation of the Mondego River.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 9 March 2009, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Feb 2025
Vila Franca da Serra is one of the ten communes of Gouveia Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 238 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 11,01 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Feb 2025
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