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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Jarmelo São Pedro commune flag]](../images/p/pt-grdjp.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and green.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2024
Shield Vert a fess Argent masoned Sable, irregularly like a rubble wall, flanked on chief by an angle Argent between two oak twigs Or fruited Argent, on base by a bull statant Or armed Sable. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and long white scroll, as used by united communes, reading in black upper case serifed letters "JARMELO SÃO PEDRO".
Meaning:
Fess and bull are taken from the former arms of Jarmelo São Pedro Commune, angle and twigs from those of the former Gagos Commune. The flag colours had been those of Jarmelo (yellow) and Gagos (green).
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2024
![[Jarmelo São Pedro commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-grdjp-sp.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2024
Shield Purpure a fess Argent masoned Sable, flanked on chief by two keys in saltire, the bendy one Or and the sinister bendy one Argent, on base by a bull statant Or armed Sable. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "JARMELO - S. PEDRO".
Meaning:
The keys are an attribute of St. Peter, the local patron saint, the bull is alluding to local kettle breeding.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2024
The current symbols were published in Diário da República: II Série,on 2 July 2015, the former symbols in Diário da República: II Série on 6 September 2010
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2024
Jarmelo São Pedro, also called São Pedro do Jarmelo, is one of the 35 communes of Guarda Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 276 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 31,08 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2024
![[Gagos (Guarda) commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-grdjp-gg.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2024
Shield Argent two oak twigs Vert fruited Or, accompanied on chief by a winged lion statant guardant Gules numbed Or, holding an open book of the same by his forepaws, on base by an angle Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "GAGOS - GUARDA".
Meaning:
The winged lion with book is an attribute of St. Mark, the local patron saint.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 2 December 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2024
Gagos was one of the 18 communes of Guarda Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 127 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10,14 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Sep 2024
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