Tramagal Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Tramagal, Concelho de Abrantes, Distrito de Santarém

Last modified: 2024-06-01 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Tramagal Commune
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Flag (2015 - 2017)
• Coat of Arms (2015 - 2017)
• Presentation of

• Abrantes Municipality
• Portugal

Tramagal Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of blue and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Feb 2022

Coat of Arms

Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a cogwheel Sable, surrounded by a tamarisk branch Vert blossomed Argent at dexter and an olive branch of the same fruited Sable at sinister, both in base crossed per seltire and tied Gules. Mural crown with four visible towers (town rank) and short white scroll (Bénard Guedes style) reading in black upper case serifed letters "TRAMAGAL".
Meaning:
The branch of an African tamarisk (Latin: Tamarix africana) and Portuguese: tramagueira probably is a canting element.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Source:
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2024

Flag (2015 - 2017)

It was an untypical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field and black inscription "FREGUESIA DE TRAMAGAL" at bottom edge.
Source: this video
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Aug 2015

Shield Or a steel mill Purpure, in chief Azure another steel mill Argent, the material in both cases Or. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "VILA DE TRAMAGAL".
Meaning:
To be honest, my description (not being within source) is just a guess, because the town had been an important base of metallurgy (iron mongery, steel production and steel refinement) introduced by Eduardo Duarte Ferreira. And the town has still a factory producing lorrys for a big Japanese car producer. Mural crown with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILA DE TRAMAGAL".
Source: Hiperglobel webpage (replaced)
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Aug 2015

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 14 August 2017, the former symbols were in use since 2016 but never approved officially.
Valentin Poposki, 6 Feb 2022

Presentation of Tramagal

The commune of Tramagal is one of 13 communes in the Municipality of Abrantes. It was upgrated to the town status on 23.08.1986. The current symbols were adopted by the Communal Assembly on 21.06.2017. Before that, Tramagal uses different coat of arms and flag (but no standard, as far as I know). It had 3500 iinhabitants in 2011 and covers 20.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Aug 2015 and Valentin Poposki, 6 Feb 2022

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