Ardegão, Freixo e Mato Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Ardegão, Freixo e Mato, Concelho de Ponte de Lima, Distrito de Viana do Castelo

Last modified: 2015-03-28 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: ardegao | freixo | mato | rose | eagle(golden) | bar(wavy) | ash | tower | wheat(ear) | grill | oak(branch) |
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• Former Ardegão Commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Ardegão
• Former Freixo Commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Freixo
• Former Mata Commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Mata

• Ponte de Lima Municipality
• Portugal

Former Ardegão Commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015

Shield Gules, an eagle Or with spread wings between two bars wavy Argent both charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, in chief a heraldic rose Argent barbed and seeded Vert. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "ARDEGÃO - PONTE DE LIMA".
Meaning:
The rose probably is an attribute of Our Lady of Expectation, the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015

Draft of flag and arms made by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes. Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 2 December 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015

Presentation of Ardegão

Ardegão Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of the Ponte de Lima municipality (q.v.); it had 233 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 3.02 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider,

Former Freixo Commune (until 2013)

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

Shield Azure, an ash tree eradicated Or at dexter and a tower Argent masoned Sable with port and windows Gules at sinister, in base two ears of wheat Or crossed per saltire. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "FREIXO - PONTE DE LIMA".
Meaning:
The ash tree (Port.: freixo) is a canting element.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 20 July 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015

Presentation of Freixo

Freixo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of the Ponte de Lima municipality (q.v.); it had 1214 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5.44 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015

Former Mata Commune (until 2013)

It is a fairly typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field .
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 July 2008

The arms are Argent a grill Azure set per pale and two oak branches Vert fruited Or all set in chevron. Mural crown argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "MATO - PONTE DE LIMA".
Meaning:
"Mato" means bush, which may be canting for the oak branches. Perennial, thorny bush named carrascal very often in Portugal consists of thorny shrub Kermes Oak (Latin: Quercus coccifera). The grill stands for St. Lawrence, Catholic patron of the commune (or rather of the Catholic parish from which the commune was devised). The coat of arms (and the flag) was devised by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes. Authorship information is not given in the official sources.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 July 2008

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 6 June 2002
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 July 2008

Presentation of Mato

Mato Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of the Ponte de Lima municipality (q.v.); it had 285 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 2.50 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 July 2008

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