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Bárrio e Cepões Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Bárrio e Cepões, Concelho de Ponte de Lima, Distrito de Viana do Castelo

Former Bárrio Commune (until 2013)
Presentation of Bárrio

Former Cepões Commune (until 2013)
Presentation of Cepões

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Former Bárrio Commune (until 2013)

2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 19 Mar 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Gules divided by two pales Or, superimposed in centre by a bar wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, in chief scales balanced on a sword flamy in counterchanged colours, in base a grapevine Purpure leaved Argent. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "BÁRRIO - PONTE DE LIMA".
Meaning:
Sword and scales are an attribute of St. Michael, the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015

Draft of flag and arms made by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes. Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 13 August 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015

Presentation of Bárrio

Bárrio Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of the Ponte de Lima municipality (q.v.); it had 354 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider,19 Mar 2015

Former Cepões Commune (until 2013)

2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 19 Mar 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015

Coat of arms

Shield green, a two level tower Argent masoned Sable with port and windows Gules, flanked at dexter top by a scallop Or garnished Sable (acc. to Sérgio Horta: Gules), base wavy of Argent and Azure. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CEPÕES - PONTE DE LIMA".
Meaning:
The scallop is an attribute of the local patron saint St. James of Compostela.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015

Draft of flag and arms made by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes. Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 30 November 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015

Presentation of Cepões

Cepões Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of the Ponte de Lima municipality (q.v.); it had 564 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015

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