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Lagoaça e Fornos United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Lagoaça e Fornos, Concelho de Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Distrito de Bragança


[Lagoaça e Fornos united commune flag] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2025
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Lagoaça e Fornos United Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2025

Coat of Arms

Shield Or a cross calvary Sable, flanked by two olive branches Vert fructed Sable, on base a lagoon Azure semy of wavelets Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE LAGOAÇA E FORNOS".
Meaning:
The canting lagoon represents the former Lagoaça Commune, all other charges are taken from the arms of the former Fornos Commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 10 November 2014
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2025

Presentation of Lagoaça e Fornos

Lagoaça e Fornos is one of the two communes of Freixo de Espada à Cinta Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 443 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 64,27 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2025

Former Lagoaça Commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Lagoaça commune (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of blue and yellow.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, an eradicated olive tree Vert fruited Sable, a serpent Or clasping the trunk, in chief a Tau cross Azure, in base a lagoon Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "LAGOAÇA".
Meaning:
As the commune´s name probably is derived from "lagoa", the lagoon might be a canting element.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 30 July 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017

Presentation of Lagoaça

Lagoaça was one of the four communes of Freixo de Espada à Cinta Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 411 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 35,6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017

Former Fornos Commune (until 2013)

Flag

[ commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017

Coat of Arms

Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a watermill´s wheel Gules, in chief a cross calvary Sable, both flanked by two olive branches Vert fructed Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FORNOS - FREIXO DE ESPADA À CINTA".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 10 August 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017

Presentation of Fornos

Fornos was one of the four communes of Freixo de Espada à Cinta Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 206 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 28,7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017

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