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Carreira e Bente United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2016-03-26 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Carreira e Bente, Concelho de Vila Nova da Famalicão, Distrito de Braga


See also:

Carreira Commune (until 2013)

[Carreira (Vila Nova da Famalicão) commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 28 Oct 2001

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field (village rank).
Sérgio Horta, 28 Oct 2001

Coat of arms

[Carreira (Vila Nova da Famalicão) commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 28 Oct 2001

Argent field, a huert (= a blue disc), charged with a scallop or, lined Gules. Argent three towers mural crown. White scroll with "CARREIRA - VILA NOVA DE FAMALICÃO" in upper case black letters.
Sérgio Horta, 28 Oct 2001

Published in Diário da República (the official journal), on 3 August 1999 —
Sérgio Horta, 28 Oct 2001


Presentation of Carreira

Carreira Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vila Nova da Famalicão Municipality; it had 1662 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2.2 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Mar 2016


Former Bente commune (until 2013)

[Bente commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 17 Mar 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Mar 2016

Coat of arms

hield Argent, a cogwheel Azure flanked by two branches of chestnut Vert with one chestnut Gules each fruited Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "BENTE".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Mar 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 November 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Mar 2016


Presentation of Bente

Bente Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vila Nova da Famalicão Municipality; it had 925 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 1.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Mar 2016


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