Canelas e Espiunca United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2022-10-14 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Canelas e Espiunca, Concelho de Arouca, Distrito de Aveiro

• Former Canelas commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Canelas
• Former Espiunca commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Espiunca

• Arouca Municipality
• Portugal

Former Canelas commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2018

Shield Or, a trilobite Gules lined Argent, in orle eight lozenges Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "CANELAS - AROUCA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 30 July 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2018

Presentation of Canelas

Canelas Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Arouca Municipality; it had 801 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 21.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2018

Former Espiunca commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Arouca municipal webpages
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2018

Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, issuant from base a throughout bridge Sable masoned Argent with one arch, in chief an olive branch Vert fruited Sable and a pine branch Vert with cones proper, tied Gules and crossed per saltire. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "ESPIUNCA - AROUCA".
Source:
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 30 July 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2018

Presentation of Espiunca

Espiunca Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Arouca Municipality; it had 382 inhabitants in 2011 and covered14.2  km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2018

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