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Semide e Rio Vide Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Semide e Rio Vide, Concelho de Miranda do Corvo, Distrito de Coimbra

Last modified: 2014-07-26 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Rio Vide commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 14 Dec 2010
communal flag of Rio Vide commune until 2013
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About the Flag of former Rio Vide Commune

It is a fairly typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red background (village rank) .
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Dec 2010

Coat of arms

[Rio Vide commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 14 Dec 2010

The arms are Or on a fess wavy Azure two barrulets wavy Argent and in chief a scallop Gules garnished Argent and in base two olive branches Vert fructed Sable put in saltire and tied Gules. Mural crown argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "RIO VIDE".
Meaning:
"_Rio Vide_" means "grape vine river" in Portuguese, of which the former is shown on the arms: canting.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Dec 2010

Flag and coat of arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 2002.06.12.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Dec 2010

Presentation of Rio Vide

Rio Vide Commune was one of the five pre 2013 communes of Miranda do Corvo Municipality and merged with Semide commune in 2013. Rio Videhad 897 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 11,46 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Dec 2010

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