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Pombal e Vales United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-06-01 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: pombal(alfandega da fe) | vales(alfandega da fe) | dovecote | chestnut |
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União das Freguesias de Pombal e Vales, Concelho de Alfândega da Fé, Distrito de Bragança

See also:

Pombal e Vales United Commune

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 May 2024

Former Pombal Commune (until 2013)

Flag


[Pombal commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Mar 2024

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Mar 2024

Coat of Arms


[Pombal commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 3 Mar 2024

Shield Purpure a dovecote Or with ports Purpure , flanked in chief by two doves Argent addorsed eyed Gules and in base by a heraldic fountain. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "POMBAL - ALFÂNDEGA DA FÉ".
Meaning:
The word "pombal" means "dovecote" and is a canting element.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Mar 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 19 February 2007, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Mar 2024

Presentation of Pombal

Pombal was one of the 14 communes of Alfândega da Fé Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 123 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 8,40 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Mar 2024

Former Vales Commune (until 2013)

Flag


[Vales commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Mar 2024

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Mar 2024

Coat of Arms


[Vales commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 2 Mar 2024

Shield Vert a walnut branch Argent leafed and fruited of the same and the nuts opened Or, in chief a chestnut log Or in fess and leafed and fruited of the same and the nuts opened Gules, in base a trough fountain Argent filled Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VALES - ALFÂNDEGA DA FÉ".
Meaning:

Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Mar 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 10 August 2010, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Mar 2024

Presentation of Vales

Vales was one of the 14 communes of Alfândega da Fé Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 78 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6,79 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Mar 2024

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