Benavila e Valongo United Commune (Portugal)

União das Freguesias de Benavila e Valongo, Concelho de Avis, Distrito de Beja

Last modified: 2015-02-21 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Introduction
• Former Benavila commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Benavila
• Former Valongo commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Valongo

• Avis Municipality
• Portugal

Introduction

The communes of Benavila and Valongo merged in 2013.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2015

Former Benavila commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2015

Shield Argent a fess Gules charged with five wheat ears Or, in chief the cross fleury Vert of the Order of Avis flanked by two branches of olive Vert fruited Sable, in base a grapevine Purpure leaved Vert. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black initials : "BENAVILA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 27 February 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2015

Presentation of Benavila

Benavila Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Avis Municipality (q.v.); it had 859 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 66.59 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2015

Former Valongo commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2015

Shield Argent, a pine tree eradicated Proper charged in its crown by an inescutcheon Argent charged with the cross fleury Vert of the Order of Avis. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black initials: "VALONGO - AVIS".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 June 1993
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2015

Presentation of Valongo

Valongo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Avis Municipality (q.v.); 257 it had inhabitants in 2011 and covered 84.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2015

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