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Estreito e Vilar Barroco United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2018-02-02 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Estreito e Vilar Barroco, Concelho de Oleiros, Distrito de Castelo Branco

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Former Estreito commune (until 2013)

[Estreito commune (-2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 24 Mar 2010, modified by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 5 June 2010

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Mar 2010

Coat of arms

[Estreito commune CoA (-2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 24 Mar 2010

The arms are Sable a pile reversed Argent, in chief an inescutcheon Gules bearing a cross Maltese Gules. Mural crown argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "ESTREITO - OLEIROS".
Meaning:
"Estreito" means "narrow" (cp. "strait"), and the toponym refers to a local canyon; the pile is canting for this; the Maltese escutchon refers to local importance of this Order.
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Mar 2010

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 6 June 1997
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Mar 2010

Presentation of Estreito

Estreito Commune is one of the pre-2013 communes of Oleiros Municipality; it had 845 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 70.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Feb 2018

Former Vilar Barroco commune (until 2013)

[Vilar Barroco commune (-2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Feb 2018

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: communal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Feb 2018

Coat of arms

Shield Or, a fess wavy Azure, charged with a bar wavy Argent, charged with two trouts Gules, in chief a bunch of seven arrows Gules tied Vert, in base a cuckoo statant Proper. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "VILAR BARROCO".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Feb 2018

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 3 May 2007
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Feb 2018

Presentation of Vilar Barroco

Vilar Barroco Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Braga Municipality; it had 114 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 23.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Feb 2018

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