Verim, Friande e Ajude United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2016-06-21 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Verim, Friande e Ajude, Concelho de Póvoa de Lanhoso, Distrito de Braga

• Former Verim commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Verim
• Former Friande commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Friande
• Former Ajude commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Ajude

• Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality
• Portugal

Former Verim commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2016

Shield Azure, a bend sinister wavy Argent, charged with two bendlets sinister wavy Azure, in dexter chief a watermill's wheel Or garnished Gules, in sinister base a barb Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "VERIM".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 24 May 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2016

Presentation of Verim

Verim Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality; it had 353 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2.8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2016

Former Friande commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: communal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2016

Shield Argent, in base an embattled tower Sable, masoned Or with port and windows Or, in chief two branches of orange tree Vert fruited Proper, ordered per fess. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FRIANDE - PÓVOA DE LANHOSO".
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 23 August 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2016

Presentation of Friande

Friande Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality; it had 241 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2016

Former Ajude commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: communal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2016

Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, issuant from base a ferry Gules lined Or, in chief two partridges averted Proper. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "AJUDE".
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 22 October 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2016

Presentation of Ajude

Ajude Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality; it had 139 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 1.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2016

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