Mealhada, Ventosa do Bairro e Antes United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2017-02-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Mealhada, Ventosa do Bairro e Antes, Concelho de Mealhada, Distrito de Aveiro

• About the flag
• Presentation of Mealhada, Ventosa do Bairro e Antes
• Former Mealhada commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Mealhada
• Former Ventoso do Bairro commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Ventoso do Bairro
• Former Antes commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Antes

• Mealhada Municipality
• Portugal

About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

Shield Argent, a suckling pig Gules in fess, tierced by a spear Sable, surrounded by an eradicated vine plant Vert fruited Purpure, in chief a millstone Sable, flanked by two dolmens Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE MEALHADA (1st line) VENTOSA DO BAIRRO E ANTES (2nd line)".
Meaning:
The coat of arms repeats that one of former Mealhada commune (see below), the charges added in chief are representing former Ventoso do Bairro commune (millstone) and former Antes commune (dolmens).
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

Presentation of Mealhada, Ventosa do Bairro e Antes United Commune

Mealhada, Ventosa do Bairro e Antes United Commune is one of the six communes of Mealhada Municipality; its parts together had 6457 inhabitants in 2011 and cover 21.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

Former Mealhada commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

Shield Argent, a suckling pig Gules in fess, tierced by a spear Sable, surrounded by a n eradicated vine plant Vert fruited Purpure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FREGUESIA DE MEALHADA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 March 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

Presentation of Mealhada

Mealhada Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Mealhada Municipality; it had 4522 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

Former Ventoso do Bairro commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

Presentation of Ventoso do Bairro

Ventoso do Bairro Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Mealhada Municipality; it had 1002 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

Former Antes commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

Shield Gules, a bend sinister wavy Argent, charged with two bendlets sinister wavy Azure, in dexter chief a vine plant Argent with four grapevines Or, in dexter base two dolmens Or ordered per bend sinister. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll (Bénard Guedes style) with inscription in black capitals "ANTES".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 9 July 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

Presentation of Antes

Antes Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Mealhada Municipality; it had 933 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

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