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Ferreira do Alentejo e Canhestros United Commune (Portugal)

União das Freguesias de Ferreira do Alentejo e Canhestros, Concelho de Ferreira do Alentejo, Distrito de Beja

Former Ferreira do Alentejo commune (until 2013)
Presentation of Ferreira do Alentejo

Former Canhestros commune (until 2013)
Presentation of Canhestros

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Former commune (until 2013)

Ferreira do Alentejo Commune probably had no proper symbols and shared those of the municipality, because the chapter about the commune within themunicipal webpage just displays the symbols of the municipality itself besides the symbols of Canhestros.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Auf 2016

Presentation of Ferreira do Alentejo

Ferreira do Alentejo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Ferreira do Alentejo Municipality; it had 4696 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 223.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Auf 2016

Former Canhestros commune (until 2013)

2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 27 Auf 2016

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

Coat of arms

Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, issuant from base a throughout bridge Sable, masoned Argent with three arches, two eradicated cork oaks Vert, fruited Or and peeled Gules, in central chief a fleur-de-lis Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "CANHESTROS".
Meaning:
The fleur-de-lis is an attribute of Our Lady of Fátima, the local patron saint.
Source:
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Auf 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 14 February 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Auf 2016

Presentation of Canhestros

Canhestros Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Ferreira do Alentejo Municipality; it had 444 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 71.9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Auf 2016

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