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Pataias e Martingança United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2015-08-13 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Pataias e Martingança, Concelho de Alcobaça, Distrito de Leiria

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Former Pataias commune (until 2013)

[Pataias commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by , 14 Aug 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and white.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Aug 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Argent with base wavy of Argent and Vert crowned by a mountain issuant Vert, superimposed by a baker's oven Argent garnished Sable with roof tiles and chimney Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "VILA DE PATAIAS".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Aug 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 23 October 1986
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Aug 2015

Presentation of Pataias

Pataias Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Alcobaça Municipality (q.v.); it had 5451 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 79.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Aug 2015

Former Martingança commune (until 2013)

[Martingança commune (until 2013)]
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Aug 2015 		[Martingança commune (until 2013) #2]
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Aug 2015 		   

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Aug 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Vert, two geese affronty Argent armed Gules, in base two pine trees eradicated Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "MARTINGANÇA".
A variant (right image above) displays the pines Argent and the geese look like origami birds without armour Gules.
Meaning:
The geese are an attribute of St. Martin, name giver of the commune.
Source: this website
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Aug 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 31 July 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Aug 2015

Presentation of Martingança

Martingança Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Alcobaça Municipality (q.v.); it had 1145 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 8.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Aug 2015

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