Vale Frechoso Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Vale Frechoso, Concelho de Vila Flor, Distrito de Bragança

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• Vale Frechoso Commune
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• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Vale Frechoso

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Vale Frechoso Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Jan 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Or on a pile Vert a fox passant Argent and in chief two olive branches Argent fruited Sable with its stem ends set per saltire. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers(village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VALE FRECHOSO".
Meaning:
The phrase "vale frechoso" means "arrow valley" with a tad archaic feel to it ("frecha" for "arrow" is an archaism, supplanted by the more modern "flecha"; cp. "seta"); the pile is canting for valley.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Jan 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 6 September 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Jan 2024

Presentation of Vale Frechoso

Vale Frechoso is one of the nine communes of Vila Flor Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 154 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 22.51 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Jan 2024

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