Freitas e Vila Cova United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-12-21 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Freitas e Vila Cova, Concelho da Fafe, Distrito de Braga

• Freitas e Vila Cova United Commune
• Former Freitas Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Freitas
• Former Vila Cova Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Vila Cova

• Fafe Municipality
• Portugal
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Freitas e Vila Cova United Commune

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024

Former Freitas Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent two palm fronds Vert in saltire, on chief a Latin cross reversed Sable, on base an inescutcheon Gules charged with five 6-point stars Or in quincunx. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "".
Meaning:
The reversed cross is an attribute of St. Peter, the local patron saint.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 21 February 2011
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024

Presentation of Freitas

Freitas was one of the 19 communes of Fafe Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 585 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6,61 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024

Former Vila Cova Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield argent, issuant from base wavy of Argent and Azure a doublemount Vert, on central chief a wattermill wheel Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILA COVA - FAFE".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 6 November 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024

Presentation of Vila Cova

Vila Cova was one of the 19 communes of Fafe Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 219 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,87 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024

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