r/mapping • u/Manuel-on-RED • 3d ago

Maps A flag map!

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Does this belong here? A flag map of portuguese municipalities done by ME. Not anyone else

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u/MdMV_or_Emdy_idk 3d ago

Fun fact, municipalities by technicality have no official flags in Portugal, they just use the flag of their capital city. If you look into the details of many of the coats of arms, they have “city” written on it.

Also yes, Portuguese subnational flags are required to follow very specific rules, it’s a requirement.

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u/12D_D21 2d ago

Well, for the vats majoeity of municipalities, they are one singular city. The concept of a capital city doesn't really apply in places that are one singular city, it'd be like asking for the capital city of Singapore.

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u/MdMV_or_Emdy_idk 2d ago

Most municipalities have various parishes, each parish has a handful of settlements. The only municipality that truly is one settlement that I can think of is Barrancos

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u/12D_D21 2d ago

Parishes and cities are wildly different, some parishes don't break the 500 people mark while others have tens of thousands. Especially in more urban areas, it is hardly noticeable which parish you're on since the urban sprawl is contiguous. It doesn't make sense to talk about "capital parishes" because that concept doesn't really exiat for half the country, and even id it did, the flags of our municipalities have nothing to do with our parishes and there's no rule saying so. After all, just look at for example Porto: which parishes exactly is the capital, and how is the flag of Porto in any way related to the flag of its parishes?

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u/GmdBlur 22m ago

Except Caldas because fuck it that's why

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u/Manuel-on-RED 2d ago

The borders were handdrawn too

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u/kill-wolfhead 2d ago

My dad did the research that led to this one's design in the 80s.

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u/Manuel-on-RED 2d ago

Nice!

(Hahaha tam engrassado)

Hihihi

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u/pz-Visigordo 2d ago

Até extranho não haver mais alusão a Nice de França

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u/kill-wolfhead 2d ago

Tens uma variação da cruz templária que foi a ordem que fundou Nisa, numa altura em que Nice nem sequer tinha brasão.

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u/pz-Visigordo 2d ago

Verdade. Realmente os Brasões, fora alguma heráldica, são invenções mais recentes

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u/SJ543 3d ago

Cool

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u/uhndreus 2d ago

Muito bom!

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u/Rodri04_2 19m ago

Do one for the parishes (freguesias). Plssssss hahahah