Last modified: 2017-03-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Alvito da Beira commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-pnvsa-ab.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2017
Shield Or, an eradicated pine tree Vert with seven pine cones Or; in chief a bar wavy Azure, charged with a barrulet wavy Argent Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "ALVITO DA BEIRA".
Meaning:
The pine tree is representing the local business lines, especially the predominant branch of forestry. The cones are representing the seven settlements forming the commune: Alvito da Beira, Sobrainho dos Gaios, Cerejeira, Vales, Dápera, Herdade e Mó. The bar wavy is representing the local riches of water, being the base of the fertility of the soil, among those especially the Ribeira do Alvito is of importance.
Sources: Ralf Hartemink's webpage and here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2017
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 23 August 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2017
Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Caminha Municipality; it had 362 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 36.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2017
![[Sobreira Formosa commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-pnvsa-sf.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 25 Oct 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow and blue quartered field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Oct 2010
![[Sobreira Formosa commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-pnvsa-sf).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 25 Oct 2010
The arms are Azure fretty Or, a cork oak Vert eradicated, in base wavy Argent two barrulets wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SOBREIRA FORMOSA".
Meaning:
The name of the commune means "pretty oak". The oak is thus a canting element.
António Martins-Tuválkin and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Oct 2010 / 8 Mar 2017
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 20 July 2007
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Oct 2010
Sobreira Formosa Commune is one of the four communes of Proença-a-Nova Municipality; it had 1708 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 85.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Mar 2017
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