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Felgueiras e Maçores United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Felgueiras e Maçores, Concelho de Torre de Moncorvo, Distrito de Bragança

See also:

Felgueiras e Maçores United Commune

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 May 2024

Felgueiras Commune (until 2013)

Flag


[Felgueiras commune flag until 2013)] 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Oct 2023

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sergio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Oct 2023

Coat of Arms


[Felgueiras commune CoA (until 2013)] image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Oct 2023

Shield Azure an almond twig Argent fruited Or and an olive twig Or fruited Argent with stems in saltire tied Gules, on chief cantons two candles Argent alight Or and Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "FELGUEIRAS - TORRE DE MONCORVO".
Meaning:
The arms allude to the local importance of olive and almond growing, and include unspecific tokens of local saintly devotion.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Oct 2023

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 9 June 2003
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Oct 2023

Presentation of Felgueiras

Felgueiras was one of the eight communes of Moncorvo (or Torre de Moncorvo) Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 291 inhabitants in 2021 and covered 22,95 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Oct 2023

Maçores Commune (until 2013)

Flag


[ commune flag until 2013)] 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Oct 2023

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sergio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Oct 2023

Coat of Arms


[ commune CoA (until 2013)] image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Oct 2023

Shield Argent a eradicated cork oak Vert peeled and fruited Gules flanked by two horseshoes Sable emphasized and pierced Or, issuant from base a craggy hill Sable emphasized Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "MAÇORES".
Meaning:
The charges on the coat of arms — crag, cork tree, and horseshoes — might have only their immediate meaning, and not metaphoric symbolism: The crag might symbolize the local Fraga do Arco (Arch Cliff).
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Oct 2023

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 21 June 2005,
António Martins-Tuválkin,

Presentation of Maçores

Maçores was one of the eight communes of Moncorvo (or Torre de Moncorvo) Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 169 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 16,01 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Oct 2023

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