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 klaus-michael schneider
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2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 20 June 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 June 2024
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 20 June 2024
Shield Argent two deer passant respectant proper, in chief a millstone Gules, issuant from base a triplemount Vert superimposed by a bar wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "CERVOS - MONTALEGRE".
Meaning:
The word "cervos" means "deer"; the arms are therefore partly canting.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin,  20 June 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 27 May 1997 
António Martins-Tuválkin,  20 June 2024
Cervos is one of the 17 communes of Montalegre Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 227 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 33,07 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin,  20 June 2024
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