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Aveleda e Rio de Onor United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Aveleda e Rio de Onor, Concelho de Bragança, Distrito de Bragança

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Former Aveleda commune (until 2013)

[Aveleda (Bragança) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 June 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 June 2016

Coat of arms

[Aveleda (Bragança) commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 21 June 2016

Shield Argent, a she-donkey passant Sable saddlebagged Or and in chief a hearth fan Gules between two embers flamant Proper (rendered as Sable, Or and Gules). Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "AVELEDA - BRAGANÇA".
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 June 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 28 June 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 June 2016

Presentation of Aveleda

Aveleda Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Bragança Municipality; it had 196 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 62.2 km².
Source:

  • Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

    • António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 June 2016

    Former Rio de Onor commune (until 2013)

    [Rio de Onor commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Aug 2016

    It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
    António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Aug 2016

    Coat of arms

    [Rio de Onor commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 3 Aug 2016

    Shield Argent, a local ox passant Proper armed Sable, issuant from base wavy Agent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure a valley Vert, in chief a rod Gules emphasized Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "RIO DE ONOR".
    Meaning:
    The rod, an artifact is shown in the arms, in a particularly and comparatively uninspired manner. Known as Rod of Rio de Onor, it is subject of continued anthropological and ethnographic research.
    Source: this webpage
    António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Aug 2016

    Published in Diário da República: II Série on 8 July 2009
    Source: here
    António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Aug 2016

    Presentation of Rio de Onor

    Rio de Onor Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Bragança Municipality; it had 76 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 44.2 km². Rio de Onor, also spelled Rio d’Onor, is an international village, its urban sprawl of a few dozen houses separated by the eponymous river and the international boundary line of Portugal and Spain; the Spanish "half" of the village, dubbed Rihonor de Castilla, belongs to the Municipality of Puebla de Sanabria. Traditional way of life commune, incl. language (Asturian-Leonese) used to be homogenous and integrated up till the middle of the 20th century. Some such practices remain in current use, kept alive for nostalgy and tourism reasons.
    Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
    António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Aug 2016

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