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It is a slightly atypical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of
arms centered on a background gyronny (meaning city
rank) of yellow and black. The coat of arms is azure a almond tree in
bloom trunked or and flowered argent flanked in chief with a christan
king’s head dexter and a moor king’s head sinister (which is
Algarve’s heraldic griffe). Mural
crown argent with five visible towers (city
rank)
António Martins-Tuválkin, 06 Sep 2003
After becoming a city, the scroll text is no longer set in two lines,
being just the city name. (Thus confusing it with the
identically named town in Azores…)
António Martins-Tuválkin, 07 Nov 2004
Lagoa municipality had 20 453 inhabitants in 2000 (17 140 in
1990), and it is divided in 5 communes, covering 89 km2. It
belongs to the Faro District and to the old province
of Algarve.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 06 Sep 2003
Lagoa became a city lin 2002, and its symbols were upgraded accordingly:
the arems now has a 5-towered mural crown and the flag background is now a
gyronny of yellow and black. Changes are to be expected in the scroll as
well; everything else remains the same.
Jorge Candeias, 09 Sep 2003
It had a white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA
DE LAGOA" and in smaller type in a second line bellow (and this is
the atypical part) "ALGARVE" — this is done to tell
apart this municipality and town from another Lagoa
municipality, in São Miguel island, Azores.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 06 Sep 2003
Apart from the text on the scroll, the main difference
is the background division: gyronny in the municipal flag, per saltire in the
club flag.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 07 Nov 2004
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