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Parada e Faílde United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Parada e Faílde, Concelho de Bragança, Distrito de Bragança

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Former Parada commune (until 2013)

[Parada (Bragança) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 Apr 2018

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field of yet unknown colour.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 Apr 2018

Coat of arms

[Parada (Bragança) commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 31 Mar 2015

Shield Azure with base wavy of Argent and Azure, a wooden oxcart Or, in chief a branch of chestnut Argent set in fess with nuts of the same slit Gules. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals: "PARADA - BRAGANÇA".
Sources: this webpage and WIKIMEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Dec 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 January 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Dec 2016

Presentation of Parada

Parada Commune, aka Parada de Infanções, was one of the pre-2013 communes of Bragança Municipality; it had 507 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 36.4 km². Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Dec 2016

Former Faílde commune (until 2013)

[Faílde commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Apr 2018

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Apr 2018

Coat of arms

[Faílde commune CoA (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 20 Apr 2018

Azure, a boar's sculpture Argent; in chief nine lightning flashes Or, pointing to a common centre, within a wreath of two chestnut branches Argent with its burs Gules and their stems crossed in saltire. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "FAILDE".
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Apr 2018

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 9 August 2012
Source: here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Apr 2018

Presentation of Faílde

Faílde Commune, or simply Failde, was one of the pre-2013 communes of Bragança Municipality; it had 150 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 15.7 km².
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Dec 2016

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