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Abação e Gémeos United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2016-07-02 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: sao tome de abacao | gemeos(guimaraes) | scissors | mount | inescutcheon | rye(ear) | sabot |
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União das Freguesias de Abação e Gémeos, Concelho de Guimarães, Distrito de Viana do Castelo

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Former São Tomé de Abação commune (until 2013)

[São Tomé de Abação commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 June 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Guimarães municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 June 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Vert, issuant from base a mount Argent, charged with a pair of scissors Gules, two lances Or in pale, ordered per fess, between them in central chief an inescutcheon Argent, divided by a cross Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "ABAÇAO - S. TOMÉ".
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 June 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 January 2009
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 June 2016

Presentation of São Tomé de Abação

São Tomé de Abação Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Guimarães Municipality; it had 2262 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5.2 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 June 2016

Former Gémeos commune (until 2013)

[Gémeos (Guimarães) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 June 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 June 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Vert, a fan of nine rye ears Or tied Gules, in chief two sabots Or (respectant) ordered per fess. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "GÉMEOS".
Source: Guimarães municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 June 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 5 August 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 June 2016

Presentation of Gémeos

Gémeos Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Guimarães Municipality; it had 452 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 1.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 June 2016

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