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Barreiro de Besteiros e Tourigo United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Barreiro de Besteiros e Tourigo, Concelho de Tondela, Distrito de Viseu


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Barreiro de Besteiros e Tourigo United Commune

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Aug 2024


Former Barreiro de Besteiros Commune (until 2013)

The commune had no proper symbols, as the second source displays just an empty shield.
Sources: Sérgio Horta´s webpage and
Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Aug 2024

Presentation of Barreiro de Besteiros

Barreiro de Besteiros was one of the 14 communes of Tondela Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 975 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 34,00 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Aug 2024


Former Tourigo Commune (until 2013)

Flag

[ commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Aug 2024

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Aug 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a watermill wheel Gules flanked by two linen branches Vert blossomed Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "TOURIGO".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Aug 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 23 May 2006
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Aug 2024

Presentation of Tourigo

Tourigo was one of the 14 communes of Tondela Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 512 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 8,90 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Aug 2024


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