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Cabração e Moreira do Lima Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Cabração e Moreira do Lima, Concelho de Ponte de Lima, Distrito de Viana do C

Last modified: 2015-03-28 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: cabracao | moreira do lima | mountain | goats(2) | bees(10) | bar(wavy) | dolmen | portal |
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Former Cabração Commune (until 2013)

[Cabração commune (- 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 21 Mar 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Gules, in base a mountain issuant Argent, crowned by two goats statant affronty Or armed Argent, in chief 10 bees Or winged Argent ordered 3:4.3. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CABRAÇÃO". "".
Meaning:
The goats (Port: cabras) are canting elements.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2015

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 17 November 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2015


Presentation of Cabração

Cabração Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of the Ponte de Lima municipality (q.v.); it had 118 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 16.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2015


Former Moreira do Lima Commune (until 2013)

[Moreira do Lima commune (- 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Gules, two dolmens Argent ordered per fess, in central chief an open Gothic portal Or de vermelho,in base a bar wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "MOREIRA DO LIMA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2015

Draft of flag and arms made by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes. Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 20 August 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2015


Presentation of Moreira do Lima

Moreira do Lima Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of the Ponte de Lima municipality (q.v.); it had 875 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10.16 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2015


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