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Fonte Boa e Rio Tinto United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2016-01-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Fonte Boa e Rio Tinto, Concelho de Esposende, Distrito de Braga


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Former Fonte Boa commune (until 2013)

[Fonte Boa commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 13 Jan 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Jan 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Gules, a well Or masoned Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "FONTE BOA - ESPOSENDE".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Jan 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 4 January 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Jan 2016


Presentation of Fonte Boa

Fonte Boa Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Esposende Municipality (q.v.); it had 1326 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Jan 2016


Former Rio Tinto commune (until 2013)

[Rio Tinto (Esposende) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 13 Jan 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Jan 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Argent, a fess wavy Azure, in chief two corn cobs Gules leaved Vert ordered per fess, in base a smelter Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "RIO TINTO - ESPOSENDE"
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Jan 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 December 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Jan 2016


Presentation of Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Esposende Municipality (q.v.); it had 618 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Jan 2016


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