Póvoa de Atalaia e Atalaia do Campo United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-08-17 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Póvoa de Atalaia e Atalaia do Campo, Concelho de Fundão, Distrito de Castelo Branco

• Póvoa de Atalaia e Atalaia do Campo United Commune
• Former Póvoa de Atalaia Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Póvoa de Atalaia
• Former Atalaia do Campo Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Atalaia do Campo

• Fundão Municipality
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Póvoa de Atalaia e Atalaia do Campo United Commune

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Aug 2024

Former Póvoa de Atalaia Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Aug 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent an open book Or bound Azure, on chief two grasshoppers respectant Vert garnished Or, on orle two corn plants Vert fruited Or crossed per saltire on central base point. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "PÓVOA DE ATALAIA".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Aug 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 5 November 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Aug 2024

Presentation of Póvoa de Atalaia

Póvoa de Atalaia was one of the 13 communes of Fundão Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 642 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 12,67 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Aug 2024

Former Atalaia do Campo Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white and red.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Aug 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Gules, a Paschal Lamb Argent nimbed Or on chief and a fan of three wheat ears Or on base. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "ATALAIA DO CAMPO".
Meaning:
The Paschal Lamb is an attribute of St. John the Baptist, the local patron saint. The ears are symbolising agriculture.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Aug 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 30 July 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Aug 2024

Presentation of Atalaia do Campo

Atalaia do Campo was one of the 13 communes of Fundão Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 546 inhabitants in 2021 and covered 11,51 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Aug 2024

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