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Barroselas e Carvoeiro United Commune (Portugal)

União das Freguesias de Barroselas e Carvoeiro, Concelho de Viana do Castelo, Distrito de Viana do Castelo

Former Barroselas commune (until 2013)
Presentation of Barroselas

Former Carvoeiro commune (until 2013)
Presentation of Carvoeiro

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Former Barroselas commune (until 2013)

2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and blue.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Azure a bar wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, in chief a pair of keys crossed per saltire, the bendy one Or and the sinister bendy one Argent, in base a lyre Or. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "BARROSELAS".
Meaning:
The crossed keys are an attribute of St. Peter, the local patron saint.
Source: Freguesias de Portugal
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2015

Presentation of Barroselas

Barroselas Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Viana do Castelo Municipality (q.v.); it had 3927 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2015

Former Carvoeiro commune (until 2013)

[Carvoeiro (Viana do Castelo) commune (until 2013)]

2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 18 Dec 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a fess Argent masoned Sable, in central chief a disc Gules charged with a Greek cross Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "CARVOEIRO - VIANA DO CASTELO".
Meaning:
Disc and cross are displaying the emblem of the Benedictine Order.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2015

Presentation of Carvoeiro

Carvoeiro Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Viana do Castelo Municipality (q.v.); it had 1104 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 11.9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2015

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