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Parreira e Chouto United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2015-05-30 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Parreira e Chouto, Concelho de Chamusca, Distrito de Santarém

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Former Parreira commune (until 2013)

[Parreira commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 25 May 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 May 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a cork oak eradicated Vert leaved and fruited of the same and peeled Sable between two grapevines Purpure leaved Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "PARREIRA - CHAMUSCA"
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 May 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 17 January 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 May 2015

Presentation of Parreira

Parreira Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Chamusca Municipality (q.v.); it had 915 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 133.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 May 2015

Former Chouto commune (until 2013)

[Chouto commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 25 May 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 May 2015

Coat of arms

Coat of Arms: Shield Or,two oak twigs Vert fruited Purpure and ordered per fess, in chief a fleur-de-lis Azure flanked by two rattles Sable, in base a fess wavy Azure charged with a barrulet wavy Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CHOUTO"
Meaning:
The fleur-de-lis is an attribute of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 May 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 3 November 1995
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 May 2015

Presentation of Chouto

Chouto Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Chamusca Municipality (q.v.); it had 577 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 205.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 May 2015

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