Amares e Figueiredo United Commune (Portugal)

União das Freguesias de Amares e Figueiredo, Concelho de Amares, Distrito de Braga

Last modified: 2024-05-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Amares e Figueiredo, Concelho de Amares, Distrito de Braga

• Amares e Figueiredo United Commune
• Former Amares Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Amares
• Former Figueiredo Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Figueiredo

• Amares Municipality
• Portugal

Amares e Figueiredo United Commune

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

Former Amares Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2018

Coat of Arms

Shield Purple, in chief an orb Or garnished Gules, in base an inescutcheon Argent, charged with an orbicular cross Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and grey scroll with inscription in black capitals "FREGUESIA DE AMARES".
Meaning:
The shield colour purple is representing charity and religious dignity. The flag colour white is representing peace, silence, humbleness and defence of the children. The orb is an attribute of the Divine Saviour, the local patron saint. The inescutcheon with the Templars' Cross is alluding to Dom Gualdim Pais.
Source: communal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2018

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 23 November 2007
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2018

Presentation of Amares

Amares Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Amares Municipality; it had 1550 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 1.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2018

Former Figueiredo Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2018

Coat of Arms

Shield Vert with base wavy of Argent and Azure, two grapevines Or leafed Argent ordered per fess, in chief a spinning wheel Or roped Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FIGUEIREDO - AMARES".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 13 October 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2018

Presentation of

Figueiredo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Amares Municipality; it had 1104 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 3.2 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2018

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