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Aricera e Goujoim United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Aricera e Goujoim, Concelho de Armamar, Distrito de Viseu

See also:

Aricera e Goujoim United Commune

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Dec 2024

Former Aricera Commune (until 2013)

Flag


[Aricera commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 25 Dec 2024

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Dec 2024

Coat of Arms


[Aricera commune CoA (until 2013)] image by António Martins-Tuválkin andSérgio Horta, 25 Dec 2024

Shield Vert two threshing flails Argent strapped Or crossed saltirewise, flanking at chief a crucifer orb Or and at base a chestnut burr Or fruited Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "ARICERA".
Meaning:
The alternative spelling/pronounciation "Arícera" (stressed on the "i", not on the "e") seems to be more seldom, regardless of how correct it may be. The coat of arms certainly favours "Aricera": not only for the spelling on the scroll, but for the use of the burrs as canting elements: While the former is an unrelated word, and apparently meaningless, the latter can be seen as a cognate of "ouriço", which means "hedgehog", "sea urchin" (cp. the canting arms of Ericeira) or "burr".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Dec 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 31 October 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Dec 2024

Presentation of Aricera

Aricera was one of the nine communes of Armamar Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 157 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,03 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Dec 2024

Former Goujoim Commune (until 2013)

Flag


[Goujoim commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 24 Dec 2024

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and green.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Dec 2024

Coat of Arms


[Goujoim commune CoA (until 2013)] image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 24 Dec 2024

Shield Vert a billet Argent and tobacco branches Or orlewise, at base a barrulet wavy Argent semy of wavelets Azure. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "GOUJOIM".
The original CHAAP artwork shows the scroll to be of the short toponym style. The number of tobacco branches, although unspecified in the blazon, is shown as two, and placed not really in orle but rather flanking the billet and somehow respectant.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Dec 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 14 July 2011, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Dec 2024

Presentation of Goujoim

Goujoim was one of the nine communes of Armamar Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 58 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6,62 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Dec 2024

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