Ferreira do Alentejo Municipality (Portugal)

Last modified: 2005-08-26 by antonio martins
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• About the flag
• Version without the coat of arms
• Presentation of Ferreira do Alentejo

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• Page about the municipal flag and coat of arms of Ferreira do Alentejo at Sérgio Horta’s website (in Portuguese).
  reported by Jorge Candeias, 29 Feb 1999
• Page about Ferreira do Alentejo at the Portuguese Municipalities’s Association website (incl. image of the arms)
  reported by António Martins, 18 Nov 2001

About the flag

Arms: Argent, castle tower sable, open, litten and lined argent between a sword-cross of the Santiago order dexter and a figure of a woman in local costume sinister, in chief or, four ears of corn grained or and leaved vert. Mural crown with four visible towers argent and white scroll reading "VILA DE FERREIRA DO ALENTEJO" in black capitals. Flag is plain green.
António Martins, 13 Nov 1998

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 Ferreira do Alentejo

Ferreira do Alentejo is a medium sized town, capital of a municipality with 648 km² and 9790 inhabitants in 6 communes. It is located currently in the Beja district and once belonged to the Baixo Alentejo province.
António Martins, 13 Nov 1998