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![[Avões commune flag]](../images/p/pt-lmgav.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 19 Nov 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Nov 2024
![[Avões commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-lmgav).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 19 Nov 2024
Shield Vert a Paschal Lamb couchant reguardant Argent with nimbus Or, two chestnut twigs Or with their burrs cracked Gules, everything set per chevron, issuant from base a mound of three coupeaux Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "AVÕES"
Meaning:
The mound on the arms stands for the local mountain ranges Poio and Meadas.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Nov 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 7 February 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Nov 2024
Avões was one of the 14 communes of Lamego Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 502 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 4,87 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Nov 2024
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