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Fornelos Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Fornelos, Concelho da Cinfães, Distrito do Viseu

Last modified: 2025-01-30 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Fornelos (Cinfães) commune flag] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2025
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Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2025

Coat of Arms

[Fornelos (Cinfães) commune CoA] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2025

Shield Argent a cross calvary Sable, flanked on dexter chief by a grape bunch Purpure leafed Vert and on sinister chief by a corn cob Gules leafed Vert, on central base point an 8-point star Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "FORNELOS - CINFÃES".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2025

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 14 September 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2025

Presentation of Fornelos

Fornelos is one of the 13 communes of Cinfães Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 590 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 10,08 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2025

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