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The flag is gyronny of eight, red and white; in the center, the coat of
arms. These are: argent, an eagle gules, langued sable and crowned (around
the neck!) argent, holding in its claws an enschteon charged with
Portugal ancient (modern version — only
five bezants in each eschuteon). Mural crown argent with five visible towers
(city rank) and white scroll reading
"CIDADE DE OURÉM" in black upper case
letters.
António Martins, 07 Mar 1999
Oure’m is one of the municipalities of the
Santarém district and of the old province of
Ribatejo, covering 420 km2 in 18
communes where live 40 360 inhabitants (1992 data). Until recently,
this city was a town, known as Vila Nova de Ourém.
António Martins, 07 Mar 1999
My source, a friend’s friend some years ago, was not very interested
in flags — but as a local she should have minimal reliability. The flag
was described as being «blue and green with the logo on it» and I got
all interested, assuming that "logo" would mean here "coat of
arms" and a portuguese municipal flag background of green and blue would be
something noteworthy (back then I didn’t knew the official
flag). However, this source was quite insisting that there was a wider
white stripe in the middle with the logo (not the coat of arms) on it.
António Martins, 22 Aug 1999
It is interesting to note that, in this almost unique case where the
official coat of arms uses a charge seldom in portuguese civic heraldry,
while the (unofficial) logo uses three motives
almost ubiquous in portuguese civic heraldry: castle, grapes, and
wave…
António Martins, 15 Aug 2001
Published on the official journal (Diário da República) on
31/12/1997: «Or field, a banner gules, charged by
a argent cross flory voided, in the chief two “white lilies”
(açucena, in portuguese) vert branches, argent flowers, crossed in
saltire, in the point, a olive tree branch, lieved vert and fruited sable.
Argent 3 towers mural crown. White scroll with ATOUGUIA -
OURÉM in upper case black letters».
Sérgio Horta, 23 Oct 2001
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