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Carnaxide e Queijas United Commune (Portugal)

União das Freguesias de Carnaxide e Queijas, Concelho de Oeiras, Distrito de Lisboa

Last modified: 2015-05-16 by klaus-michael schneider
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Former Carnaxide commune (until 2013)

[Carnaxide commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 8 May 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of blue and yellow.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Azure, a hexagonal lighthouse tower (Mãe d'Água) Argent flanked in chief by two grapevines Or and in base by two wheat ears Or crossed per saltire. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CARNAXIDE".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 24 May 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2015

Presentation of Carnaxide

Carnaxide Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Oeiras Municipality (q.v.); it had 25 911 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2015

Former Queijas commune (until 2013)

[Queijas commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 7 Aug 2014

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Aug 2014

Coat of arms

[Queijas commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 7 Aug 2014

Shield Argent two windmill wheels Sable roped Sable and dressed Azure, in chief an open book Argent bound Gules and garnished Or,in base on a mound Sable a heart Gules crowned Gules and nimbed Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "QUEIJAS - OEIRAS".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Aug 2014

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 December 1996
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Aug 2014

Presentation of Queijas

Queijas Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Oeiras Municipality (q.v.); it had 8771 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 2.3 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Aug 2014

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