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![[Cepães e Fareja united commune flag]](../images/p/pt-fafcf.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 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, 13 Dec 2024
Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a pine eradicated Vert flanked by two cogwheels Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE CEPÃES E FAREJA".
Meaning:
The base wavy is taken from the arms of former Fareja Commune, cogwheels and pine one from those of former Cepães Commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 14 July 2015
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024
Cepães e Fareja is one of the eight communes of Fafe Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 2152 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 7,39 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024
![[Cepães commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-fafcf-cp.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 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, 13 Dec 2024
Shield Argent on chief three pine branches Vert in pale, fruited Sable and ordered per fess, on base a cogwheel Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "CEPÃES - FAFE".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 12 February 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024
Cepães was one of the 19 communes of Fafe Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 1410 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,17 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024
![[Fareja commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-fafcf-fj.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024
Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a mattock Azure in pale flanked two watermill wheels of the same. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "FAREJA - FAFE". An other version displays the mattock in fess beneath the mill wheels.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 22 December 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024
Fareja was one of the 19 communes of Fafe Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 855 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 3,22 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Dec 2024
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