Last modified: 2015-11-25 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: santa clara-a-velha | pereiras-gare | base(wavy) | dam | cork oak | grain(ear) | wheat(sheaf) | strawberry(branch) | oak(branch) | millstone |
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![[Santa Clara-a-Velha commune]](../images/p/pt-odmsc.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 28 Nov 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Nov 2015
Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, crowned by a dam Argent masoned Sable fixed at flanks by two mountains Sable, in chief a cork oaks Vert fruited Or peeled and eradicated Gules, flanked by two grain ears Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "SANTA CLARA-A-VELHA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Nov 2015
Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 28 March 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Nov 2015
Santa Clara-a-Velha Commune is one of the 13 communes of the Odemira municipality (q.v.); it had 602 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 99.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Nov 2015
![[Pereiras-Gare commune (- 2013)]](../images/p/pt-odmsc-pg.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 7 May 2009
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 May 2009
![[Pereiras-Gare commune CoA (- 2013)]](../images/p/pt-odmsc-pg).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 7 May 2009
Shield Or, a branch of strawberry tree Vert fruited Gules and a branch of Cork Oak Vert acorned Argent their thick ends per saltire and in chief a sheaf of wheat Or tied Azure and in base a millstone Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "PEREIRAS - GARE".
Meaning:
The arms are not canting, as "pereiras" (pl. of "pereira") means "pear tree", and "gare" means "railway station".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 May 2009
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 13 August 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Nov 2015
Pereiras-Gare Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Odemira Municipality (q.v.); it had 271 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 64.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Nov 2015
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