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klaus-michael schneider
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![[São Facundo e Vale das Mós united commune flag]](../images/p/pt-abtsa.gif)
2:3, image by Valentin Poposki and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Feb 2022
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2024
![[São Facundo e Vale das Mós united commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-abtsa).gif)
image located by Valentin Poposki, 6 Feb 2022
Shield Azure three millstones Or ordered 2:1, on chief a knife Argent hafted Gules in bend sinister under a palm frond Or in bend. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE SÃO FACUNDO E VALE DAS MÓS".
Meaning:
Knife and palm frond represent the former São Facundo Commune and the millstones the former Vale das Mós Commune
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 11 November 2014
Valentin Poposki, 6 Feb 2022
São Facundo e Vale das Mós is one of the five communes of Abrantes Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had inhabitants in 2021 and covers 104,91 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2024
![[São Facundo commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-abtsa-sf.gif)
2:3, image by Valentin Poposki and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Feb 2022
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2024
![[São Facundo commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-abtsa-sf).gif)
image located by Valentin Poposki, 6 Feb 2022
Shield Or, a palm frond Vert in bend over a knife Gules hafted Sable, both crossed per saltire between a oak branch Vert fruited Gules in pale at dexter and an olive branch Vert fruited Sable at sinister. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank)and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "S. FACUNDO".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Aug 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 December 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Aug 2015
São Facundo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Abrantes Municipality; it had 927 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 80.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Aug 2015
![[Vale das Mós commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-abtsa-vm.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 19 Aug 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Aug 2015
![[Vale das Mós commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-abtsa-vm).gif)
image located by Valentin Poposki, 6 Feb 2022
Shield Or, a valley Vert issuant from a base wavy Argent semy of wavelets Azure, in chief three millstones Azure ordered 1:2. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "VALE DAS MÓS".
Meaning:
The commune´s name means "valley of millstones". The arms are thus canting.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Aug 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 24 May 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Aug 2015
Vale das Mós Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Abrantes Municipality; it had 588 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 24.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Aug 2015
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