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The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Feb 2025
![[Figueiró da Serra commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-gvaff-fg.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 5 Feb 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Feb 2025
![[Figueiró da Serra commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-gvaff-fg).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta,
Shield Gules a fig tree Or, in dexter chief a Maltese cross, in sinister chief a watermill wheel Argent, issuant from base a mound of three coupeaux Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "FIGUEIRÓ DA SERRA".
Meaning:
The fig tree is a canting element, as the word "figueiró" is an unstandard hypochoristic (or rather a diminutive) of "figueira" — "fig tree". The mound of three coupeaux is another canting element: The additional epithet "da serra" (= "of the mountains") disambiguates the name. The mound and its coupeaux are generically denotative of a mountain range.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 4 April 2003
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Feb 2025
Figueiró da Serra was one of the 12 communes of Gouveia Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 263 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 8,11 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Feb 2025
There is no flag image available. probably the commune never had any proper flag.
Source: municipal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Feb 2025
![[Freixo da Serra commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-gva).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Feb 2025
Shield quartered, 1st quarter Argent a church bell tower Argent lit Sable and belled Argent, 2nd quarter Argent an olive branch Vert fruited Sableand at sinister chief a sun Or, 3rd quarter Argent a wall fountain Argent masoned Sable, and 4th quarter Argent a wayside cross Argent.
As said, this commune never had its coat of arms approved by the CHAAP; therefore determinations about the style of scroll and coronet, and of any flag these arms are used on, must rely only on its local use. (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "FREIXO DA SERRA".
Meaning:
The word "freixo" means "ash tree"; the arms are threfore not canting.
It is clear, why these arms haven´t been approved by the CHAAP, given the over all disregard for the mandatory metal/tincture contrast and the forbidden partition of the shield.
Sources: Hiperglobal webpage
municipal webpage
this image
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Feb 2025
was one of the 12 communes of Gouveia Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 99 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,62 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Feb 2025
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