Alpiarça Municipality (Portugal)
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image by Sérgio Horta, 11 Sep 2007
See also: External links:
- Page about
the municipal flag and coat of arms of Alpiarça at
Sérgio Horta’s website (in Portuguese).
reported by Jorge Candeias, 29 Feb 1999 - Page about
Alpiarça at the Portuguese Municipalities’s Association website
(incl. image of the
arms)
reported by António Martins, 18 Nov 2001 - Alpiarça, at the
English Wikipedia
reported by António Martins, 11 Sep 2007
About the flag
It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on a green
and black quarterly background (town rank).
This flag and arms were adopted and published in the official journal
Diário do Governo : I
Série in 1936.08.26.
António Martins, 11 Sep 2007
Arms detail
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image by Sérgio Horta, 12 Sep 2007
The arms are Argent two olive branches Vert fruited Sable tied Gules between
two pines Vert fruited Or and trunked and erradicated Sable and in chief a
bunch of grapes Purpure leaved and stemmed Vert and on a barrulet wavy Azure in
base three fish naiant Argent garnished Sable. Mural crown argent with four
visible towers (town rank).
António Martins, 11 Sep 2007
White scroll reading in black upper case letters "Vila de Alpiarça"
— according to the law of 1936.08.26, while flags in use have only
"Alpiarça".
António Martins, 01 Jun 2006
This coat of arms includes valuable agricultural infomation, but is too
busy for my taste (as ar most Portuguese subnationals,
unfortunately).
António Martins, 01 Jun 2006
Version without the coat of arms
image by António Martins, 2010
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
Presentation of Alpiarça
Alpiarça municipality had 8024 inhabitants in 2001, and it consists of one
single commune, covering 94,44 km². It is part of
Santarém District, traditional province
Ribatejo, 1999 ref. adm. region Estremadura e
Ribatejo, pre-2002 C.C.R. / NUTS II Lisboa e Vale do Tejo, current C.C.R. /
NUTS II Alentejo, and NUTS III Lezíria do Tejo.
António Martins, 11 Sep 2007
Commune flags
Alpiarça Commune
image by Sérgio Horta, 23 Nov 2007
It is a fairly typical portuguese commnal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on a
plain green background. Flag and arms adopted and
published in the official journal
Diário da República : III
Série in 2001.05.21.
António Martins, 23 Nov 2007
Arms detail
.gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 24 Nov 2007
The arms are Argent per fess three bunches of grapes Purpure leafed Vert
above a boat Sable emphasized Argent issuant from a campaign Azure wavy charged
with a fess Argent wavy and in chief a plough Gules. Mural crown argent with
three visible towers (commune rank) and white
scroll reading in black upper case letters "Freguesia de Alpiarça".
António Martins, 23 Nov 2007
Version without the coat of arms
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
Presentation of Alpiarça Commune
External links
- Alpiarça
Commune, at Sérgio Horta’s web site
reported by António Martins, 23 Nov 2007
Alpiarça Commune is the only one in Alpiarça municipality, sharing its
geographic and demographic data.
António Martins, 23 Nov 2007
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