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Recardães e Espinhel United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-06-08 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Recardães e Espinhel, Concelho de Águeda, Distrito de Aveiro

[Recardães e Espinhel United Commune logo] image by Valentin Poposki, 9 Feb 2022
communal logo
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The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 June 2024 2024

Former Recardães commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Recardães commune (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 31 Mar 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2016

Coat of Arms

[Recardães commune CoA (until 2013)] image located by Valentin Poposki, 9 Feb 2022

Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, scales Purpure balanced by a flamy sword Gules, in chief a lyre Azure stringes Sable, flanked by two corn cobs Or leaved Vert. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "RECARDÃES"
Meaning:
The sword with scales is an attribute of St. Michael, the local patron saint.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 15 January 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2016

Presentation of Recardães

Recardães Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Águeda Municipality; it had 3554 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7,5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2016

Former Espinhel commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Espinhel commune (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 31 Mar 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and red.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2016

Coat of Arms

[Espinhel commune CoA (until 2013)] image located by Valentin Poposki, 9 Feb 2022

Shield Vert, two sabres Argent hilted Gules in saltire, in chief a sinister bendy pen Or flanked by two pine cones of the Same, in base a bar wavy Argent charged with barrulets wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "ESPINHEL - ÁGUEDA".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 31 August 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2016

Presentation of Espinhel

Espinhel Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Águeda Municipality; it had 2482 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 12,4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2016

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