Louredo e Fornelos United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-09-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Louredo e Fornelos, Concelho de Santa Marta de Penaguião, Distrito de Vila Real

• Louredo e Fornelos United Commune
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• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Louredo e Fornelos
• Former Louredo Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Louredo
• Former Fornelos Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Fornelos

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Louredo e Fornelos United Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Aug 2024 and António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Aug 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Or an oven Sable masoned Argent and flamant Purpure surrounded by a laurel wreath Vert, issuant from base a throughout bridge Sable masoned Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE LOUREDO E FORNELOS".
Meaning:
The bridge on these arms comes from the arms of the former Louredo Commune while the (canting) oven comes from those of Fornelos Commune; the laurels are an additional canting element, for "louredo" means "bay laurel grove".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Aug 2024 and António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Aug 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 14 May 2015, see here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Aug 2024

Presentation of Louredo e Fornelos

Louredo e Fornelos is one of the two communes of Santa Marta de Penaguião Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 520 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 12,17 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Aug 2024

Former Louredo Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Aug 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Or a mount issuant Vert with snow cap Argent, on base superimposed by a throughout bridge Argent masoned Sable, on either chief corner a jug Gules pierced Or, used for collecting chestnuts. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "LOUREDO – SANTA MARTA DE PENAGUIÃO".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Aug 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 18 July 2007, see here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Aug 2024

Presentation of Louredo

Louredo was one of the five communes of Santa Marta de Penaguião Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 516 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 7,13 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Aug 2024

Former Fornelos Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Aug 2010

Coat of Arms

The arms are Or a bundle of five arrows pointing upwards Purpure tied Vert and two ovens Sable garnished Argent and heated Gules all set in chevron. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "FORNELOS - SANTA MARTA DE PENAGUIÃO"
Meaning:
"Fornelo" means "small oven", one of five communes thus named in Portugal and the patron of the local conterminous Catholic parish is St. Sebastian, whose attributes are arrows, therefore canting arms.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Aug 2010

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 27 May 2003,
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Aug 2010

Presentation of Fornelos

Fornelos was one of the five communes of Santa Marta de Penaguião Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 319 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 5,03 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Aug 2010

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