Communes of Arronches Municipality (Portugal)

Last modified: 2010-11-06 by antónio martins
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• Introduction
• Assunção Commune
• Esperança Commune

• Arronches Municipality
• Commune flags of Portugal
• Portugal

Introduction

Of the three communes of the Arronches Municipality two of them have adopted arms and flags: Esperança and Assunção; Mosteiros has not, according to Sérgio Horta’s website.
António Martins, 03 Mar 2008

Assunção Commune

It is a fairly typical portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centered on a plain green background. Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República : III Série in 2001.07.16.
António Martins, 01 Mar 2008

Coat of arms

The arms are Argent an olive tree Vert erradicated and fruited of the Same between two garbs Vert tied Gules and on a base wavy Azure two barrulets wavy Argent. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "Assunção — Arronches". Original blazon:

Escudo de ouro, oliveira de verde arrancada do mesmo e frutada de negro, entre duas gavelas de espigas de trigo de verde, atadas de vermelho; campanha de burelas ondeadas de azul e prata. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas: "ASSUNÇÃO - ARRONCHES".

Version without the coat of arms

Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have armless variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999

Presentation of Assunção

See also:

• Page about Assunção Commune, at Sérgio Horta's web site
  reported by António Martins, 01 Mar 2008
• Article about Assunção Commune, at the Portuguese Wikipedia
  reported by António Martins, 01 Mar 2008

Assunção Commune is one of the three communes of the Arronches Municipality. This commune had 2059 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 204,53 km².
António Martins, 01 Mar 2008

Esperança Commune

It is a fairly typical portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centered on a plain green background. Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República : III Série in 2004.10.11.
António Martins, 03 Mar 2008

Coat of arms

The arms are Argent two lozenges Sable set in fess the dexter charged with a deer head arased Or and the sinister with a nanny goat head erased Or and in chief a fleur de lis Azure emphasized Or and in base a tree Vert. Mural crown argent with three visible towers (commune rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "Esperança — Arronches". Original blazon:

Escudo de prata, duas lisonjas de negro, carregada uma de um perfil de veado de ouro e outra de um perfil de cabra do mesmo, alinhadas em faixa; em chefe, flor-de-lis de azul, realçada de ouro; em campanha, uma árvore de verde. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "ESPERANÇA - ARRONCHES".

Version without the coat of arms

Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have armless variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999

Presentation of Esperança

See also:

• Page about Esperança Commune, at Sérgio Horta’s web site
  reported by António Martins, 03 Mar 2008
• Article about Esperança Commune, at the Portuguese Wikipedia
  reported by António Martins, 03 Mar 2008

Esperança Commune is one of the three communes of the Arronches Municipality; it 881 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 57,12 km².
António Martins, 03 Mar 2008

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