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Durrães e Tregosa United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Durrães e Tregosa, Concelho de Barcelos, Distrito de Braga


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Former Durrães commune (until 2013)

[Durrães commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: communal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Or, issuant from base a throughout bridge Sable masoned Argent and having three archs, in chief a gridiron Gules flanked by two millstones Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "DURRÃES".
Meaning:
The gridiron usually is an attribute of St. Lawrence.
Source: this webpage and communal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2016

Approved by local assembly on 3 october 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2016


Presentation of Durrães

Durrães Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Barcelos Municipality; it had 723 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2016


Former Tregosa commune (until 2013)

[Tregosa commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 9 May 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Or with base wavy of Argent and Azure, issuant from base a mount Vert, superimposed by a throughout bridge Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "TREGOSA - BARCELOS".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 November 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2016


Presentation of Tregosa

Tregosa Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Barcelos Municipality; it had 686 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.2 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2016


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