Valtorno e Mourão United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de , Concelho de Vila Flor, Distrito de Bragança

• Valtorno e Mourão United Commune
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Valtorno e Mourão
• Former Val de Torno Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Val de Torno
• Former Mourão Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Mourão

• Vila Flor Municipality
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Valtorno e Mourão 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, 24 Jan 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Or, a pile Vert charged with an eradicated almond tree Argent fruited Or and a lamb Argent emphasized Sable in pale, flanked by two olive branches Vert fruited Sable, on a base wavy Azure a barrulet wavy Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE VALTORNO E MOURÃO".
Meaning:
Line of partition, base wavy and tree are representing the former Val de Torno Municipality, sheep and olive branches the former Mourão Commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Jan 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 23 October 2017 see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Jan 2024

Presentation of

is one of the five communes of Vila Flor Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 319 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 19,31 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Jan 2024

Former Val de Torno Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 Jan 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Or two eradicated almond trees Vert and blossomed Gules in fess, issuant from base a a mound Vert charged with a heraldic fountain. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "".
Meaning:

Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 Jan 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 October 2004,
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 Jan 2024

Presentation of Val de Torno

Val de Torno was one of the ten communes of Vila Flor Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 260 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 13,75 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 Jan 2024

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Jan 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure a Paschal Lamb Argent passant flanked by two olive branches Or fruited Sable in pale, issuant from base a valley (?) Or charged with a barrulet wavy Azure. (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "MOURÃO - VILA FLOR".
Meaning:
The Paschal Lamb is an attribute of St. John the Baptist, the local patron saint.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Jan 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 16 May 2012, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin,

Presentation of

was one of the ten communes of Vila Flor Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 104 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5,54 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin,

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