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Campelos e Outeiro da Cabeça United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Campelos e Outeiro da Cabeça, Concelho de Torres Vedras, Distrito de Lisboa

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Former Campelos commune (until 2013)

[Campelos commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 30 Apr 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and white.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 Apr 2017

Coat of arms

[Campelos commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 30 Apr 2017

Shield Gules ,a judge's staff Argent in bend, accompanied in sinister chief by an ear of maize and two of wheat, all Or with stems crossed, and in base dexter by a bunch of grapes Purpure leaved Or. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank)and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "CAMPELOS"
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 Apr 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 14 October 1997
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 Apr 2017

Presentation of Campelos

Campelos Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Torres Vedras Municipality; it had 2827 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 24.3 km².
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 Apr 2017

Former Outeiro da Cabeça commune (until 2013)

[Outeiro da Cabeça commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 2 May 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 May 2017

Coat of arms

[Outeiro da Cabeça commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 2 May 2017

Shield Argent, an eradicated tree Vert, in orle eight billets Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black black upper case letters "OUTEIRO DA CABEÇA".
Meaning:
"Outeiro da Cabeça" (literally: "hillock of the head") refers to a local headland, which is not expressed in the arms.
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 May 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 19 September 1996
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 May 2017

Presentation of Outeiro da Cabeça

Outeiro da Cabeça Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Torres Vedras Municipality; it had 840 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5.7 km².
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 May 2017

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