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Formariz e Ferreira United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2015-10-25 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Formariz e Ferreira, Concelho de Paredes de Coura, Distrito de Viana do Castelo


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Former Formariz commune (until 2013)

[Formariz commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 9 July 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Vert with base wavy of argent and Azure charged with two trouts Or, a 3-arched bridge Argent masoned Sable and issuant from base, in central chief an open book Argent garnished Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "FORMARIZ".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 22 August 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2015


Presentation of Formariz

Formariz Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Paredes de Coura Municipality (q.v.); it had 573 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2015


Former Ferreira commune (until 2013)

[Ferreira(Paredes de Coura) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain golden yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Azure, in base a fountain Argent spraying water of the same, in chief a yoke Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank)and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "FERREIRA - PAREDES DE COURA".
Source:
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 31 October 2007
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2015


Presentation of Ferreira

Ferreira Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Paredes de Coura Municipality (q.v.); it had 425 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2015


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