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Serzedo e Perosinho United Commune (Portugal)

União das Freguesias de Serzedo e Perosinho, Concelho de Vila Nova de Gaia, Distrito de Viana do Castelo

Former Serzedo commune (until 2013)
Presentation of Serzedo

Former Perosinho commune (until 2013)
Presentation of Perosinho

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Former commune (until 2013)

[Serzedo (Vila Nova de Gaia) commune (until 2013)]

2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 11 Dec 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Dec 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Gules, three corn cobs Or ordered per fess, in chief a coronet Or, in base a cogwheel Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "SERZEDO - VILA NOVA DE GAIA"
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Dec 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 27 June 1997, draft of flag and arms made by Luís Moreira (GEPHA)
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Dec 2015

Presentation of Serzedo

Serzedo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vila Nova de Gaia Municipality (q.v.); it had 7891 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Dec 2015

Former Perosinho commune (until 2013)

2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 11 Dec 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Dec 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Or, in base a mountain issuant Vert superimposed by an impending orb Azure fixed Or and topped by a cross Or, in dexter chief an inescutcheon Azure charged with 13 plates ordered 2.3:2:3:2:1, in sinister chief a camellia Gules seeded Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "PEROSINHO".
Meaning:
The inescutcheon is referring to the kingdom of Portugal, the orb is an attribute of Jesus Christ, as the Divine Saviour being the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Dec 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 30 October 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Dec 2015

Presentation of Perosinho

Perosinho Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vila Nova de Gaia Municipality (q.v.); it had 6359 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Dec 2015

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