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Monte Redondo e Carreira United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2016-07-15 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Monte Redondo e Carreira, Concelho de Leiria, Distrito de Leiria

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Former Monte Redondo commune (until 2013)

[Monte Redondo () commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 21 May 2016

It is a slightly untypical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field. (Colour of sheet and base colour of shield are both metals)
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Or with base wavy of Argent and Azure, issuant from base a mount Vert, crown by a tower Sable, masoned Argent with port and windows of the same, its dome topped by a cross Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "MONTE REDONDO - LEIRIA".
Meaning:
The arms are partially canting, as "monte redondo" means "round hill".
Klaus-Michael Schneider and António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 May 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 9 December 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2016

Presentation of Monte Redondo

Monte Redondo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Leiria Municipality; it had 4398 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 45.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2016

Former Carreira commune (until 2013)

[Carreira () commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 21 May 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Vert, a bar wavy Argent, charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, in chief a fleur-de-lis Argent, in base two corn cobs Or in fess. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "CARREIRA - LEIRIA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 14 March 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2016

Presentation of Carreira

Carreira Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Leiria Municipality; it had 1166 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 May 2016

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