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Vilar e Mosteiró United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2016-09-24 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Vilar e Mosteiró, Concelho de Vila do Conde, Distrito do Porto


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Former Vilar commune (until 2013)

[Vilar (Vila do Conde) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 10 Sep 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Sep 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Azure, in chief a cogwheel Argent, in base a millstone Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "VILAR - VILA DO CONDE".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Sep 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 7 November 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Sep 2016


Presentation of Vilar

Vilar Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vila do Conde Municipality; it had 1638 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Sep 2016


Former Mosteiró commune (until 2013)

[Mosteiró (Vila do Conde) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Sep 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Sep 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a monastery Sable masoned Argent, having two wings, flanked in chief by two corn cobs Gules leaved Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "MOSTEIRÓ - VILA DO CONDE".
Meaning:
The monastery (Port.: mosteiro) is alluding to a small local monastery of friars, which existed since 1059.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Sep 2016


Presentation of Mosteiró

Mosteiró Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vila do Conde Municipality; it had 931 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 3.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Sep 2016


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