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Loures Municipality (Portugal)

Last modified: 2006-02-05 by antonio martins
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Loures municipality
image by André Serranho, 12 Aug 1999
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About the flag

It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centered on a background gyronny (meaning city rank) of yellow and black. The coat of arms is or, a fountain argent lined sable and playing of the second, bordure purple charged with a garland sable fruited or. Mural crown argent with five visible towers (city rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "LOURES".
António Martins, 12 Aug 1999

The official tincture for the bordure is probably purple, or maybe red, but a rosy shade is found in almost all sources. Most actual flags are indeed rosy pink, though some (of apparently more accurate manufacturing, being sewn / embroided, instead of printed) show indeed purple. (I live in Loures municipality myself, so I could check in situ how the municipal flag really looks like.)
António Martins, 12 Aug 1999 and 30 Aug 2001


Presentation of Loures

Loures municipality had 199 184 inhabitants in 2000, and was divided in 5 communes, covering 187 km2. It belongs to the Lisboa District and to the old province of Estremadura. The southwastern part of this municipality was dettached to create the new Odivelas Municipality.
António Martins, 12 Aug 1999


Unofficial flags

Municipal logo flag

Loures unofficial flag
image by António Martins, 26 Aug 2003

The new logo replaced the old one in early 2001, following a change in the ruling party. It has though been seldom seen on flags.
António Martins, 24 Aug 2003

Former municipal logo flag

Loures unofficial flag
image by António Martins, 12 Aug 1999

This is the logo flag of Loures municipality. It is completely unofficial, as far as I know, but quite used — not instead, but along with the official flag. This logo, remotely based on the official flag, is in use for a very long time, possibly more than 20 years.
António Martins, 12 Aug 1999

The logo (and, in consequence, the flag based on it) was replaced in early 2001, following a change in the ruling party. The current logo has though been seldom seen on flags — the former logo flag had also been gradually disappearing and giving place to the official municipal flag.
António Martins, 24 Aug 2003


Commune flags

Santo António dos Cavaleiros Commune

Loures commune
image by João Madureira, 07 Oct 1998

The cross with the acorns is the cross of St. Anthony, the patron of the town, and the escutcheon is the arms of the previous noble landlords.
João Madureira, 07 Oct 1998