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Fonte Arcada e Oliveira United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-11-16 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Fonte Arcada e Oliveira, Concelho de Póvoa de Lanhoso, Distrito de Braga

See also:

Fonte Arcada e Oliveira United Commune

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Nov 2024

Former Fonte Arcada commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Fonte Arcada commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Nov 2024

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Nov 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Vert, a monastery Argent masoned Sable, in base a heraldic fountain Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FONTE ARCADA - PÓVOA DE LANHOSO"
Meaning:
The fountain (Port.: fonte) is a canting element.
Sources: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 13 March 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2016

Presentation of Fonte Arcada

Fonte Arcada Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality; it had 1273 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6,1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2016

Former Oliveira commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Oliveira (Póvoa de Lanhoso) commune (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 24 May 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2016

Coat of Arms

Shield quartered of Argent and Vert, charged with an olive tree fruited Or with trunk and branches in counterchanged colours. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "OLIVEIRA - PÓVOA DE LANHOSO".
Meaning:
The olive tree is canting. Please note that quartered shields are explicitely forbidden by decree of 14 April 1930, and thus implicitely also by law of 1991.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 26 February 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2016

Presentation of Oliveira

Oliveira was one of the pre-2013 communes of Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality; it had 397 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2016

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