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2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 7 Mar 2008
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white and red.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Mar 2008
![[Monte Gordo commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-vrsmg).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 4 Mar 2008
The arms are Azure on a base Argent wavy charged with a fess wavy Vert a local fishing sloop Gules emphasised Or and dresses Argent and in chief a sun Or. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "MONTE GORDO".
Meaning:
The base wavy due to the green waves, representing sea water, refers to the town's location on the shores of the Atlentic.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Mar 2008
Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República : III Série on 11 October 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
![[Monte Gordo commune (previous flag)]](../images/p/pt-vrsmg1.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 7 Mar 2008
The settlement which is the seat and namesake of this commune used to be a village, and was upgraded to town status in 2001, after its coat of arms and flag was first adopted. The 2004 law issued the trivial changes — the previous flag was plain white, with
a three-towered coat of arms' mural crown.
António Martins, 04 Mar 2007
Monte Gordo Commune is one of the three communes of the Vila Real de Santo António municipality (q.v.); it had 3952 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 4.12 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Mar 2008
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