List of Portuguese municipal flags explained

The Portuguese municipalities are entitled to use a local flag with a coat of arms.

Rules regarding Portuguese vexillology and heraldry are quite strict (Law no. 53/91 of August 7th, 1991^[1]).

The colour(s) of the flag are defined in regulations published in the official journal and correspond to one or two most important tinctures used in the coat of arms.

Flags could be plain (one single colour) just with the coat of arms in the centre (used by municipalities headquartered both in cities and towns), quartered with two colours (used only by municipalities whose seat is a town) or gyronny with two colours (meaning that the seat of the municipality has the status of city).

The single exception to this rule can be found in the flag of the Lagos municipality, which is quartered diagonally (Portuguese franchado, or quartered per saltire), reflecting the association of the city with King Manuel I of Portugal, whose personal standard was also quartered per saltire.

Flags of Portuguese municipalities! Flag! Name of municipality! Type of flag! Colour(s)! Adoption date

	Abrantes	Gyronny	Yellow and Blue
	Águeda	Gyronny	Green and Yellow
	Aguiar da Beira	Quartered	White and Black
	Alandroal	Quartered	Yellow and Black
	Albergaria-a-Velha	Gyronny	Purple and Yellow
	Albufeira	Gyronny	Yellow and Red
	Alcácer do Sal	Plain	Red
	Alcanena	Quartered	Yellow and Black
	Alcobaça	Gyronny	Blue and Yellow
	Alcochete	Quartered	Yellow and Red
	Alcoutim	Quartered	Green and White
	Alenquer	Plain	Blue
	Alfândega da Fé	Plain	White
	Alijó	Quartered	Yellow and Green
	Aljezur	Plain	Blue
	Aljustrel	Quartered	Purple and White
	Almada	Gyronny	Blue and Yellow
	Almeida	Plain	Red
	Almeirim	Gyronny	Yellow and Purple
	Almodôvar	Quartered	Yellow and Red
	Alpiarça	Quartered	Green and Black
	Alter do Chão	Quartered	Yellow and Red
	Alvaiázere	Quartered	Yellow and Green
	Alvito	Plain	Blue
	Amadora	Gyronny	Green and White
	Amarante	Gyronny	White and Green
	Amares	Plain	Green
	Anadia	Gyronny	Purple and White
	Angra do Heroísmo	Gyronny	Blue and White
	Ansião	Quartered	White and Purple
	Arcos de Valdevez	Plain	Yellow
	Arganil	Plain	Green
	Armamar	Plain	Green
	Arouca	Plain	Yellow
	Arraiolos	Quartered	White and Purple
	Arronches	Quartered	White and Purple
	Arruda dos Vinhos	Quartered	Red and White
	Aveiro	Gyronny	White and Red
	Avis	Plain	Green
	Azambuja	Plain	Green
	Baião	Plain	Blue
	Barcelos	Gyronny	Red and Yellow
	Barrancos	Quartered	Yellow and Blue
	Barreiro	Gyronny	Red and Black
	Batalha	Plain	Red
	Beja	Gyronny	Black and Red
	Belmonte	Quartered	Green and White
	Benavente	Quartered	White and Green
	Bombarral	Plain	Purple
	Borba	Gyronny	White and Red
	Boticas	Plain	Blue
	Braga	Gyronny	Blue and White
	Bragança	Gyronny	Blue and Yellow
	Cabeceiras de Basto	Quartered	White and Purple
	Cadaval	Quartered	Yellow and Purple
	Caldas da Rainha	Gyronny	Purple and Yellow
	Calheta (Azores)	Quartered	Blue and White
	Calheta (Madeira)	Plain	White
	Câmara de Lobos	Gyronny	Blue and Yellow
	Caminha	Quartered	White and Red
	Campo Maior	Quartered	Red and Blue
	Cantanhede	Gyronny	Purple and Yellow
	Carrazeda de Ansiães	Plain	Green
	Carregal do Sal	Quartered	Yellow and Purple
	Cartaxo	Gyronny	Purple and White
	Cascais	Plain	Red
	Castanheira de Pera	Plain	Green
	Castelo Branco	Gyronny	Black and White
	Castelo de Paiva	Plain	Blue
	Castelo de Vide	Plain	Yellow
	Castro Daire	Quartered	White and Green
	Castro Marim	Quartered	Red and Black
	Castro Verde	Quartered	White and Red
	Celorico da Beira	Quartered	Yellow and Red
	Celorico de Basto	Quartered	White and Black
	Chamusca	Quartered	Yellow and Purple
	Chaves	Gyronny	Blue and White
	Cinfães	Plain	Green
	Coimbra	Gyronny	Purple and Yellow
	Condeixa-a-Nova	Quartered	Red and Yellow
	Constância	Quartered	Yellow and Red
	Coruche	Plain	Green
	Corvo	Quartered	White and Black
	Covilhã	Gyronny	White and Red
	Crato	Quartered	White and Red
	Cuba	Quartered	Yellow and Purple
	Elvas	Plain	Red
	Entroncamento	Gyronny	White and Red
	Espinho	Gyronny	Green and Yellow
	Esposende	Gyronny	Yellow and Blue
	Estarreja	Gyronny	Yellow and Blue
	Estremoz	Plain	Green
	Évora	Gyronny	Red and Yellow
	Fafe	Gyronny	White and Red
	Faro	Gyronny	Red and White
	Felgueiras	Gyronny	Purple and Yellow
	Ferreira do Alentejo	Plain	Green
	Ferreira do Zêzere	Quartered	Yellow and Red
	Figueira da Foz	Gyronny	Green and Yellow
	Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo	Plain	Red
	Figueiró dos Vinhos	Quartered	White and Green
	Fornos de Algodres	Quartered	Yellow and Green
	Freixo de Espada à Cinta	Plain	Yellow
	Fronteira	Plain	White
	Funchal	Gyronny	Purple and Yellow
	Fundão	Plain	Green
	Gavião	Quartered	Yellow and Green
	Góis	Quartered	White and Green
	Golegã	Plain	Blue
	Gondomar	Gyronny	Blue and Yellow
	Gouveia	Gyronny	Purple and White
	Grândola	Quartered	Yellow and Black
	Guarda	Gyronny	Red and White
	Guimarães	Gyronny	Green and White
	Horta	Gyronny	White and Blue
	Idanha-a-Nova	Quartered	Red and Black
	Ílhavo	Gyronny	White and Purple
	Lagoa (Algarve)	Gyronny	Black and Yellow
	Lagoa (Azores)	Gyronny	Red and White
	Lagos	Quartered diagonally	Blue and Yellow
	Lajes das Flores	Quartered	White and Blue
	Lajes do Pico	Quartered	Green and Black
	Lamego	Gyronny	Green and White
	Leiria	Gyronny	Red and White
	Lisbon (details)	Gyronny	Black and White	13th century
	Loulé	Gyronny	Purple and White
	Loures	Gyronny	Black and Yellow
	Lourinhã	Quartered	Yellow and Green
	Lousã	Quartered	Yellow and Blue
	Lousada	Quartered	Yellow and Purple
	Mação	Plain	Yellow
	Macedo de Cavaleiros	Gyronny	Yellow and Green
	Machico	Plain	White
	Madalena	Plain	Yellow
	Mafra	Plain	Yellow
	Maia	Gyronny	Red and Blue
	Mangualde	Gyronny	Green and Yellow
	Manteigas	Quartered	Yellow and Black
	Marco de Canaveses	Gyronny	Black and White
	Marinha Grande	Gyronny	Black and Yellow
	Marvão	Plain	Red
	Matosinhos	Gyronny	White and Green
	Mealhada	Plain	Green
	Mêda	Plain	Green
	Melgaço	Plain	Red
	Mértola	Quartered	White and Red
	Mesão Frio	Quartered	Yellow and Blue
	Mira	Plain	Yellow
	Miranda do Corvo	Plain	Red
	Miranda do Douro (Miranda de l Douro)	Gyronny	Red and White
	Mirandela	Gyronny	Green and White
	Mogadouro	Quartered	Yellow and Black
	Moimenta da Beira	Quartered	Yellow and Green
	Moita	Quartered	Yellow and Green
	Monção	Quartered	White and Green
	Monchique	Plain	White
	Mondim de Basto	Quartered	Yellow and Red
	Monforte	Quartered	White and Green
	Montalegre	Quartered	White and Blue
	Montemor-o-Novo	Gyronny	White and Red
	Montemor-o-Velho	Quartered	Yellow and Black
	Montijo	Gyronny	Green and Yellow
	Mora	Quartered	Yellow and Green
	Mortágua	Quartered	Yellow and Blue
	Moura	Gyronny	Yellow and Black
	Mourão	Plain	Yellow
	Murça	Quartered	Yellow and Black
	Murtosa	Plain	Red
	Nazaré	Quartered	Yellow and Red
	Nelas	Quartered	White and Purple
	Nisa	Plain	Yellow
	Nordeste	Plain	Green
	Óbidos	Quartered	Yellow and Blue
	Odemira	Quartered	Yellow and Green
	Odivelas	Gyronny	White and Blue
	Oeiras	Quartered	White and Purple
	Oleiros	Quartered	Yellow and Red
	Olhão da Restauração	Plain	Yellow
	Oliveira de Azeméis	Gyronny	Red and White
	Oliveira de Frades	Quartered	Blue and Black
	Oliveira do Bairro	Gyronny	White and Purple
	Oliveira do Hospital	Gyronny	Purple and White
	Ourém	Gyronny	White and Red
	Ourique	Plain	White
	Ovar	Gyronny	Yellow and Blue
	Paços de Ferreira	Gyronny	Green and Yellow
	Palmela	Plain	Purple
	Pampilhosa da Serra	Quartered	Yellow and Blue
	Paredes	Gyronny	Purple and Green
	Paredes de Coura	Quartered	Yellow and Blue
	Pedrógão Grande	Quartered	White and Black
	Penacova	Quartered	Blue and White
	Penafiel	Gyronny	White and Red
	Penalva do Castelo	Plain	Yellow
	Penamacor	Quartered	White and Blue
	Penedono	Quartered	White and Black
	Penela	Plain	Blue
	Peniche	Gyronny	Black and Red
	Peso da Régua	Gyronny	White and Red
	Pinhel	Gyronny	Blue and Yellow
	Pombal	Gyronny	Blue and Yellow
	Ponta Delgada	Plain	Yellow
	Ponta do Sol	Quartered	White and Blue
	Ponte da Barca	Quartered	White and Red
	Ponte de Lima	Quartered	Yellow and Purple
	Ponte de Sor	Gyronny	Yellow and Black
	Portalegre	Gyronny	Black and Yellow
	Portel	Plain	Red
	Portimão	Gyronny	Green and White
	Porto	Gyronny	Green and White
	Porto de Mós	Quartered	White and Red
	Porto Moniz	Plain	Yellow
	Porto Santo	Plain	Green
	Póvoa de Lanhoso	Plain	Yellow
	Póvoa de Varzim	Gyronny	Blue and White
	Povoação	Quartered	Yellow and Green
	Praia da Vitória	Plain	Red
	Proença-a-Nova	Quartered	Yellow and Green
	Redondo	Quartered	Red and Yellow
	Reguengos de Monsaraz	Gyronny	Yellow and Purple
	Resende	Quartered	White and Blue
	Ribeira Brava	Plain	White
	Ribeira de Pena	Plain	Yellow
	Ribeira Grande	Gyronny	Blue and White
	Rio Maior	Gyronny	Green and White
	Sabrosa	Plain	Green
	Sabugal	Gyronny	Green and White
	Salvaterra de Magos	Quartered	Blue and Yellow
	Santa Comba Dão	Gyronny	Blue and Yellow
	Santa Cruz	Gyronny	Green and White
	Santa Cruz da Graciosa	Plain	Yellow
	Santa Cruz das Flores	Plain	Green
	Santa Maria da Feira	Gyronny	Red and White
	Santa Marta de Penaguião	Quartered	Green and Purple
	Santana	Gyronny	White and Green
	Santarém	Gyronny	Red and White
	Santiago do Cacém	Gyronny	Red and Blue
	Santo Tirso	Plain	Yellow
	São Brás de Alportel	Quartered	Green and Black
	São João da Madeira	Gyronny	White and Black
	São João da Pesqueira	Quartered	Blue and White
	São Pedro do Sul	Gyronny	Red and Blue
	São Roque do Pico	Plain	Green
	São Vicente	Quartered	Yellow and Red
	Sardoal	Quartered	White and Green
	Sátão	Quartered	Purple and Green
	Seia	Gyronny	Yellow and Blue
	Seixal	Gyronny	Yellow and Blue
	Sernancelhe	Quartered	White and Red
	Serpa	Gyronny	White and Black
	Sertã	Quartered	White and Black
	Sesimbra	Plain	White
	Setúbal	Gyronny	Purple and White
	Sever do Vouga	Plain	Blue
	Silves	Plain	Red
	Sines	Gyronny	Red and White
	Sintra	Quartered	Yellow and Blue
	Sobral de Monte Agraço	Quartered	White and Green
	Soure	Quartered	Yellow and Black
	Sousel	Plain	Yellow
	Tábua	Quartered	Green and Yellow
	Tabuaço	Quartered	Yellow and Black
	Tarouca	Plain	Green
	Tavira	Gyronny	Black and White
	Terras de Bouro	Plain	Green
	Tomar	Gyronny	Red and Black
	Tondela	Gyronny	Green and Yellow
	Torre de Moncorvo	Plain	Blue
	Torres Novas	Gyronny	Yellow and Green
	Torres Vedras	Plain	White
	Trancoso	Gyronny	White and Green
	Trofa	Gyronny	White and Blue
	Vagos	Quartered	Yellow and Black
	Vale de Cambra	Gyronny	Yellow and Black
	Valença	Gyronny	Purple and White
	Valongo	Gyronny	Black and Green
	Valpaços	Gyronny	Red and White
	Velas	Quartered	Yellow and Black
	Vendas Novas	Gyronny	Yellow and Red
	Viana do Alentejo	Quartered	Blue and Red
	Viana do Castelo	Gyronny	Black and Yellow
	Vidigueira	Quartered	White and Green
	Vieira do Minho	Quartered	Yellow and Black
	Vila de Rei	Quartered	Yellow and Blue
	Vila do Bispo	Plain	Green
	Vila do Conde	Gyronny	Red and Yellow
	Vila do Porto	Quartered	White and Red
	Vila Flor	Quartered	Yellow and Purple
	Vila Franca de Xira	Gyronny	Red and White
	Vila Franca do Campo	Plain	Yellow
	Vila Nova da Barquinha	Quartered	White and Black
	Vila Nova de Cerveira	Plain	Yellow
	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Gyronny	Yellow and Green
	Vila Nova de Foz Côa	Gyronny	Green and White
	Vila Nova de Gaia	Gyronny	Black and Yellow
	Vila Nova de Paiva	Plain	White
	Vila Nova de Poiares	Plain	Green
	Vila Pouca de Aguiar	Quartered	Green and Black
	Vila Real	Gyronny	White and Green
	Vila Real de Santo António	Gyronny	White and Red
	Vila Velha de Ródão	Quartered	White and Red
	Vila Verde	Plain	Green
	Vila Viçosa	Plain	Blue
	Vimioso (Bumioso)	Plain	Red
	Vinhais	Quartered	White and Black
	Viseu	Gyronny	Red and Yellow
	Vizela	Gyronny	Yellow and Blue
	Vouzela	Quartered	Yellow and Red

See also

• List of Portuguese flags
• Portuguese vexillology

Notes and References

1. Web site: Portuguese subnational flag and arms law - Lei 53/91, de 7 de Agosto . CRW Flags.