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Açores e Velosa United Commune (Portugal)

União das Freguesias de Açores e Velosa, Concelho de Celorico da Beira, Distrito da Guarda

Açores e Velosa United Commune
Former Açores Commune (until 2013)

Flag
Coat of Arms
Presentation of Açores

Former Velosa Commune (until 2013)

Flag
Coat of Arms
Presentation of Velosa

See also:

Açores e Velosa United Commune

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2025

Former Açores Commune (until 2013)

Flag

There is not yet any flag information available.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2025

Coat of Arms

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2025

Shield quartered, 1st quarter Or a pillory Argent, 2nd quarter Gules above dexter a waning crescent Or and beneath sinister a 5-point star of the same, 3rd quarter Gules an olive twig Or fructed Argent in pale, 4th quarter Or a goshawk proper on a rock Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "AÇORES".
Meaning:
The name giving goshawk (Portuguese: açor) is a canting element.
Source: local Facebook profile
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2025

The arms could not have been approved as
1) the tinctures partially don´t match heraldic rules
2) partitons of the shield are not allowed by Portuguese law
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2025

Presentation of Açores

Açores was one of the 10 communes of Celorico da Beira Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 352 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10,1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2025

Former Velosa commune (until 2013)

Flag

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Oct 2024

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Oct 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Vert, a goshawk volant Argent armed Or, holding a pair of cherries Gules leafed Argent by his beak, in chief a fleur-de-lis Argent, issuant from base a doublemount Or. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VELOSA".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 27 October 2006
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2018

Presentation of Velosa

Velosa Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Celorico da Beira Municipality; it had 114 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10,8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2018

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