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Silveira Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Silveira, Concelho de Torres Vedras, Distrito de Lisboa

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[Silveira commune] 2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2017
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and blue.
Source: phone call to local government headquarters
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2017

Coat of arms

[Silveira commune CoA] image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2017

Shield Azure, on a sun flaming of rays Or, a heraldic fountain on a roundel Vert, in orle a bramble tvine. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SILVEIRA". This is the pattern in use. The legal text mentions a green roundel Vert charged with two barrulets wavy Argent.
Meaning:
A silveira is a bramble thicket or briar patch (usually of genus Rubus); the orle of the arms is canting for this.
Sources: this webpage and this image
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2017

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 28 April 1995
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2017

Presentation of Silveira

Silveira Commune is one of the 13 communes of Torres Vedras Municipality; it had 8530 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 24.8 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2017

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