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Mouçós e Lamares United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2025-03-15 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Mouçós e Lamares, Concelho de Vila Real, Distrito de Viana do Castelo

See also:

Mouçós e Lamares United Commune

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2025

Former Mouçós commune (until 2013)

Flag


[Mouçós commune (- 2013)] 2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 1 July 2009

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field (village rank).
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 July 2009

Coat of Arms

[Mouçós commune CoA (- 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 1 July 2009

Shield Argent semy of corn cobs Vert an orb Gules garnished Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible tower (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "MOUÇÓS".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 July 2009

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 8 August 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 July 2009

Presentation of Mouçós

Mouçós was one of the 18 communes of Vila Real Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 3051 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 23,5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2016

Former Lamares commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Lamares commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2025

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2025

Coat of Arms

[Lamares commune (until 2013)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2025

Shield Argent, issuant from base a mount Sable, charged with 15 diamonds Or (blazon says "lozenges"), crowned by an embattled tower Azure, masoned Argent with open port, in chief a tortois (= a roundel Gules) charged with a Paschal Lamb Argent nimbed Or, flanked by two corn cobs Gules leafed Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "LAMARES - VILA REAL".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2016

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 31 March 2009
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2016

Presentation of Lamares

Lamares was one of the 18 communes of Vila Real Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 351 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 8,7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2016

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