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Freches e Torres United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Freches e Torres, Concelho de Trancoso, Distrito da Guarda


[Freches e Torres united commune flag] 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 16 June 2025
See also:

Freches e Torres United Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 June 2025

Coat of Arms


[Freches e Torres united commune CoA] image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 16 June 2025

Shield Argent an olive tree eradicated Vert fructed Sable, flanked by two arrows Gules, in chief a Marian crown Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE FRECHES E TORRES".
Sources: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 June 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 7 November 2016, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 June 2025

Presentation of Freches e Torres

Freches e Torres is one of the six communes of Trancoso Municipality created by the merger during the 2013 changes. It had 307 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 20,14 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 June 2025

Former Freches Commune (until 2013)

Flag


[Freches commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 17 June 2025

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field .
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 June 2025

Coat of Arms


[Freches commune CoA (until 2013)] image by António Martins-Tuválkin andSérgio Horta, 17 June 2025

Shield Argent an olive tree eradicated Vert fructed Sable, flanked by two arrows Gules, in chief a Marian crown Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "FRECHES".
Meaning:
The word "freches" is an archaism meaning "arrows" (its modern cognate is "flechas", a late, erudite reintroduction of the same Latin etym): The arms are partly canting. The arrows are alluding to a battle at this place in 1385, where the Portuguese seriuosly defeated the Castilian invaders. The crown is a token of Our Lady of Grace, patron saint of the local parish.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 June 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 15 July 2010, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 June 2025

Presentation of Freches

Freches was one of the 14 communes of Trancoso Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 456 inhabitants in 2011 and 13,56covered  km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 June 2025

Former Torres Commune (until 2013)

Flag


[Torres commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 16 June 2025

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain field of unknown colour.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 June 2025

Coat of Arms


[Torres commune CoA (until 2013)] image by António Martins-Tuválkin andSérgio Horta, 16 June 2025

Shield Argent three towers Gules masoned Sable with port and windows Or, in chief a palm frond Vert in fess. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "TORRES - TRANCOSO".
Meaning:
The towers (Portuguese: torres) on these arms are canting.
Sources: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage, municipal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 June 2025

Presentation of Torres

Torres was one of the 14 communes of Trancoso Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 135 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10,25 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 June 2025

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