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Veiros Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Veiros, Concelho de Estremoz, Distrito de Évora

Last modified: 2026-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Veiros (Estremoz) commune] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Aug 2014
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Flag

It is a fairly typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a white and blue quartered (town rank) field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Oct 2008

Coat of Arms

[Veiros (Estremoz) commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 21 Oct 2008

The arms are Vair on a saltire Gules five inescutcheons Argent each charged with five inescutcheons Azure bearing five plates per fess. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VEIROS - ESTREMOZ"
Meaning:
"Veiros" is Portuguese for "vair"", the heraldic fur, and, although the exact etym of this toponym is unrelated, the creator of these arms felt the need to make them canting by use vair for the field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Oct 2008

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 14 October 2003, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Oct 2008

Presentation of Veiros

Veiros Commune is one of the nine communes of Estremoz Municipality; it had 857 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 39,72 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 June 2026

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