Last modified: 2006-02-05 by antonio martins
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It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms
centered on a background quarterly (meaning town
rank) of white and purple. The coat of arms is sable on a chain of four
crescents argent hollowed azure (uma cadena de quatro cescentes de prata
vazia de blau) flanked in chief by two bunches of grapes leaved or and
fruited purpure and above a wavy fess argent charged with a fesslet azure
and a fesslet vert in counter chief a swan argent beaked and membered or
charged with an eight-pointed star on its breast. Mural crown argent with
four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll
reading in black upper case letters "VILA DE OEIRAS".
António Martins, 15 Jan 2004
The arms came from those of the infamous late 18th cent. prime minister
Marquês de Pombal (and Oeiras Count), which lacked the wavy fesses and the
grapes.
António Martins, 15 Jan 2004
Oeiras municipality had 162 485 inhabitants in 2000 (153 250 in
1990), and it is divided in 9 communes, covering 46 km2. It belongs
to the District of Lisbon, to the old province
Estremadura and to the would-be region
Lisboa e Setúbal.
António Martins, 15 Jan 2004
As usual, the municipal government has adopted a logo in the mid-90ies,
which is also used on a white flag. It features a number of overlaping semi
transparent shapes of slightly different shades (from ochre to a lemon) whose
intersection forms a orange heart. This above the lettering "Oeiras marca
o ritmo" (meaning "Oeiras sets the pace") in blue sans serif letters.
The logo flag is used as much as the official municipal flag in street
ornamentation and other non official uses.
António Martins, 15 Jan 2004
