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Ermida e Figueiredo United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2025-04-25 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Ermida e Figueiredo, Concelho de Sertã, Distrito de Castelo Branco


[Ermida e Figueiredo united commune flag] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2025
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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, 2 Apr 2025

Coat of Arms

[Ermida e Figueiredo united commune CoA] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2025

Shield Argent on fess point a pine eradicated Vert fructed Gules with two scopes Gules filled with resin Or, flanked on central chief by a profile Sable of a Alpine goat, on base and on flanches by three fig leaves Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible (village rank) and long white scroll, as often used by united communes, reading in black upper case serifed letters "".
Meaning:
The pine is taken from the arms of the former Ermida Commune, the canting leaves from those of the former Figueiredo Commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 11 February 2015
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2025

Presentation of

is one of the three communes of Sertã Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 338 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 42,74 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2025

Former Ermida commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Ermida (Sertã) commune (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Mar 2018

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Mar 2018

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent with base wavy of Argent and Azure, issuant from base a triplemount Vert, on its central peak a pine Sable with needles Vert and two scopes Gules filled with resin Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "ERMIDA - SERTÃ".
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Mar 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 27 March 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Mar 2018

Presentation of

was one of the seven communes of Sertã Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 218 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 28,0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Mar 2018

Former Figueiredo commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Figueiredo (Sertã) commune (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 5 Mar 2018

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Mar 2018

Coat of Arms

Shield Gules, a Paschal Lamb surrounded by an annulet Or, acc. to blazon being a nimbus, flanked by four fig leaves Or ordered 1:2:1, in base a bar wavy divided Argent over Azure over Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FIGUEIREDO - SERTÃ".
Meaning:
The Paschal Lamb is an attribute of St. John the Baptist, the local patron saint. The fig leaves are canting elements, as the commune´s name means fig tree.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Mar 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 9 April 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Mar 2018

Presentation of Figueiredo

Figueiredo was one of the seven communes of Sertã Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 205 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 14,7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Mar 2018

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