Cristelos, Boim e Ordem United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-10-26 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Cristelos, Boim e Ordem, Concelho da Lousada, Distrito do Porto

• Cristelos, Boim e Ordem United Commune
• Former Cristelos Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Cristelos
• Former Boim Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Boim
• Former Ordem Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Ordem

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Cristelos, Boim e Ordem United Commune

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Oct 2024

Former Cristelos Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Oct 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Or parted by a saltire Gules, on chief quarter a corn cob Vert, on base quarter a grape bunch Purpure leafed Vert, on both flanch quarters a cogwheel Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "CRISTELOS - LOUSADA".
Meaning:
The saltire is the attribute of St. Andrew, the local patron saint, corn cob and grape bunch are representations of agriculture, the cogwheels of industries.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Oct 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 16 August 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Oct 2024

Presentation of Cristelos

Cristelos was one of the 15 communes of Lousada Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 3040 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2,97 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Oct 2024

Former Boim Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field (village rank).
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 May 2008

Coat of Arms

The arms are Or a lion rampant Gules, in chief a bunch of grapes Purpure leafed Vert between two cogwheels Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case letters "BOIM"
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 May 2008

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 29 October 1996
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 May 2008

Presentation of Boim

Boim Commune was one of the 25 pre-2013 communes of Lousada Municipality; it had 3102 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 3,65 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 May 2008

Former Ordem Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: local Facebook profile
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Oct 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Vert two cogwheels Argent in fess, on chief a stork´s head Argent armed Gules, on base a watermill wheel Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "ORDEM - LOUSADA".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Oct 2024

Proposed by Comissão de Heráldica da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses (CHAAP) on 16 September 2008
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Oct 2024

Presentation of Ordem

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