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Águeda e Borralha United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2016-04-16 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Águeda e Borralha, Concelho de Águeda, Distrito de Aveiro


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Former Águeda commune (until 2013)

[Águeda commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 29 Mar 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Argent, an eradicated, rounded tree Vert between a wheel indented Sable at dexter and a cogwheel Gules at sinister, in chief a grapevine Purpure leaved Vert, in base a bar wavy Azure charged with a barrulet wavy Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "ÁGUEDA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 17 July 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2016


Presentation of Águeda

Águeda Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Águeda Municipality; it had 11 346 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 27.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2016


Former Borralha commune (until 2013)

[Borralha commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 29 Mar 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Argent with base wavy of Argent and Azure, a bicycle's wheel Sable, in chief two crescents recumbent Gules ordered per fess. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "BORRALHA - ÁGUEDA".
Meaning:
The crescents might be an attribute of Our Lady of La Salette, the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 31 May 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2016


Presentation of Borralha

Borralha Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Águeda Municipality; it had 2230 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 8.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2016


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