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Avessadas e Rosem Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Avessadas e Rosem, Concelho de Marco de Canavezes, Distrito do Porto

Last modified: 2016-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: avessadas | rosem | bull(head;caboshed) | flax | mount | base(wavy) | distaffs(2) |
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Former Avessadas commune (until 2013)

[Avessadas commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 July 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 July 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Argent, in chief a bull's head caboshed Gules, garnished Or and armed Sable, between to flax flowers Proper (= stemmed and leaved Vert, blossomed Azure, seeded Or), issuant from base a mount Vert, crowned by a rock Sable and charged with a bar wavy Argent, charged with a barrulet Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "AVESSADAS".
Sources: Ralf Hartemink's webpage and here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 July 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 18 May 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 July 2016

Presentation of Avessadas

Avessadas Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Marco de Canavezes Municipality; it had 1247 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 July 2016

Former Rosem commune (until 2013)

[Rosem commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 4 July 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 July 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, two distaffs Sable in saltire with filaments Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "ROSEM".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 July 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 24 July 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 July 2016

Presentation of Rosem

Rosem Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Marco de Canavezes Municipality; it had 220 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 July 2016

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