Last modified: 2001-09-14 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 green.
The coat of arms is sable, on a mountain vert, a castle argent masoned sable,
door and windows gules, flagged of St. George on each of the three towers
from cross-poles or, bordure or, a wreath vert bounded gules. Mural crown
argent with four visible towers (town rank)
and white scroll reading in
black upper case letters "VILA DE MONFORTE".
António Martins, 31 Jul 1999
"Monforte" comes from "monte forte", meaning "strong hill",
so these are canting arms.
António Martins, 01 Sep 2001
Monforte municipality had 3630 inhabitants in 1990, and it is
divided in 4 communes, covering 420 km2. It belongs to the
Portalegre District and to the old province
of Alto Alentejo.
António Martins, 31 Jul 1999
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