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It is a slightly atypical portuguese municipal
flag, with the coat of arms centred on a
purple and green background gyronny
(city rank).
Flag and arms adopted upon upgrade to city status in 1991,
after trivial changes (background pattern, crown and scroll text), but
apparently not yet officialized by law. (I suspect that this is due to the
unheraldic background pattern: They got away with it back in 1935 but the
Commission will not approve the modified flag with these colors.)
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Feb 2007
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The arms are Argent issuant from a mound Vert emphasized Sable a tree Vert
trunked Sable and fruited Or overgrown by a grape vine issuant from the dexter
and trunked Proper and leafed Vert and fruited Purple. Mural crown argent with
five visible towers (city rank) and white scroll
reading in black upper case letters "CIDADE DE PAREDES".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Feb 2007
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
Before 1991 Paredes was a town and its municipal flag was
green and purple quarterly; the arms had a mural crown
with only four towers and the scroll read "VILA DE PAREDES".
They had been published in the official journal
Diário do Governo : I
Série in 1935.02.14.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Feb 2007
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
Paredes municipality had 83 377 inhabitants in 2001 and consists of
18 communes covering 156,56 km². It is part of
Porto District, traditional province
Douro Litoral, 1999 ref. adm. region
Entre Douro e Minho,
C.C.R. / NUTS II Norte, and NUTS III Tâmega.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Feb 2007
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