Our�m Municipality (Portugal)

Last modified: 2003-04-05 by antonio martins
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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 apparent towers (city rank) and white scroll reading "CIDADE DE OUR�M" in black upper case letters.
Ant�nio Martins, 07 Mar 1999

Oure�m is one of the municipalities of the Santar�m district and of the old province of Estremadura, 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 Our�m.
Ant�nio 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.
Ant�nio 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...
Ant�nio Martins, 15 Aug 2001

Published on the official journal (Di�rio da Rep�blica) on 31/12/1997: �Or field, a banner gules, charged by a argent cross flory voided, in the chief two �white lilies� (a�ucena, 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 - OUR�M in upper case black letters�.
S�rgio Horta, 23 Oct 2001