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Frazão Arreigada Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Frazão Arreigada, Concelho de Paços de Ferreira, Distrito do Porto

Last modified: 2017-04-13 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: frazao | arreigada | bridge | planer | corn(cob) | keys(crossed) | pit wheel |
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Former Frazão commune (until 2013)

[Frazão commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 5 Apr 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and white.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2017

Coat of arms

Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, two corn cobs Or leafed Vert ordered per fess, in chief a planer Gules garnished Argent, issuant from base a throughout bridge Sable masoned Argent with one arch. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FRAZÃO".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 2 July 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2017


Presentation of Frazão

Frazão Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Paços de Ferreira Municipality; it had 4264 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2017


Former Arreigada commune (until 2013)

[Arreigada commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 5 Apr 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2017

Coat of arms

Shield Gules, a pit wheel Argent, in chief a pair of keys crossed per saltire, one of them Or, the other one Argent, both tied Argent, in base a bar wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure.Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "ARREIGADA".
Meaning:
The crossed keys are an attribute of St. Peter, the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 1 April 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2017


Presentation of Arreigada

Arreigada Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Paços de Ferreira Municipality; it had 1999 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Apr 2017


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