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Cernache de Bonjardim, Nesperal e Palhais United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2022-10-14 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: cernache de bonjardim | nesperal(serta) | palhais(serta) | fess(wavy) | books(2) | cross(fleury;voided) | bend sinister(indented) | cross(maltese) | pine(cones;6) | bridge | thatch |
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União das Freguesias de Cernache de Bonjardim, Nesperal e Palhais, Concelho de Sertã, Distrito de Castelo Branco

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Former Cernache de Bonjardim Commune (until 2013)


[Cernache de Bonjardim commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 30 June 2010

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a white and blue quartered field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 June 2010

Coat of arms

[Cernache de Bonjardim commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 30 June 2010

The arms are Gules on a fess wavy Argent a fess wavy Azure, in chief a cross fleury Argent voided, in base two books Or. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading "CERNACHE DO BONJARDIM" in black upper case letters.
Meaning:
This town was the birthplace of D. Nuno Álvares Pereira, major historical figure, and whose arms were Gules a cross fleury Argent voided. The wavy fess stands for the local, eponymous river, a subtributary of the Tejo.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 June 2010

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 8 August 1995
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 June 2010

Presentation of Cernache de Bonjardim

Cernache do Bonjardim Commune was one of the pre-2013communes of Sertã Municipality (q.v.); it had 3052 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 72.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2018

Former Nesperal commune (until 2013)

[Nesperal (Sertã) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2018

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2018

Coat of arms

Shield Vert, a bend sinister Argent, indented at dexter, in dexter chief a Maltese cross Argent, in sinister base six pine cones Or ordered per bend sinister 4:2. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "NESPERAL - SERTÃ".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 27 June 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2018

Presentation of Nesperal

Nesperal Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Sertã Municipality; it had 305 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2018

Former Palhais commune (until 2013)

[Palhais (Sertã) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 4 Mar 2018

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2018

Coat of arms

Shield Gules with base wavy of Argent and Azure, issuant from base a three arched bridge Argent masoned Sable, in chief an impending round thatch Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "PALHAIS - SERTÃ".
Source:
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 19 July 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2018

Presentation of Palhais

Palhais Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Sertã Municipality; it had 268 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 22.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2018

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