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Panóias e Conceição United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2018-04-23 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Panóias e Conceição, Concelho de Ourique, Distrito de Beja

[Panóias (Ourique) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2018
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Former Panóias commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and yellow.
Source: I spotted this flag in the local communal office on 12 Apr 2018.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2018

Coat of arms

[Panóias (Ourique) commune CoA (until 2013)] image located by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015

Shield Azure, in base two arms Proper one arm dressed Or and the other Argent, in honour point a man's head Proper with hair and beard Sable, nimbed Or. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "PANÓIAS - OURIQUE".
Similar arms are already displayed in Ignacio de Vilhena Barbosa: "As Cidades e Villas da Monarchia portugueza que teem brasão d'armas", vol.2, p. 109, Lisboa 1860. The arms in base are dressed yellow and crimson, the head is smaller, not nimbed and with fair hair and beard and explicitely described as head of Jesus Christ. The meaning of the crossed arms is not explained.
Sources: here
and here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 25 June 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015

Presentation of Panóias

Panóias Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Ourique Municipality (q.v.); it had 496 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 110.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015

Former Conceição commune (until 2013)

[Conceição commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 3 Sep 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Azure, a local chimney Argent flanked by two pairs of wheat ears Or tied Gules, in central chief a Marian crown Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials CONCEIÇÃO - OURIQUE"".
Meaning:
The crown is referring to Our Lady of Conception, the local patron saint, the chimney to the local heritage, the wheat ears are symbolizing agriculture.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 17 October 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015

Presentation of Conceição

Conceição Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Ourique Municipality (q.v.); it had 86 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 32.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015

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