Last modified: 2017-03-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Lagoaça commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-feclf-la.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of blue and yellow.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017
Coat of Arms: Shield Argent, an eradicated olive tree Vert fruited Sable, a serpent Or clasping the trunk, in chief a Tau cross Azure, in base a lagoon Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "LAGOAÇA".
Meaning:
As the commune's name probably is derived from "lagoa", the lagoon might be a canting element.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 30 July 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017
Lagoaça Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Freixo de Espada à Cinta Municipality; it had 411 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 35.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017
![[Fornos (Freixo de Espada à Cinta) commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-feclf-fo.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 18 Mar 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017
Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a watermill's wheel Gules, in chief a cross calvary Sable, both flanked by two olive branches Vert fruited Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FORNOS - FREIXO DE ESPADA À CINTA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 10 August 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017
Fornos Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Freixo de Espada à Cinta Municipality; it had 206 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 28.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Mar 2017
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