Corujeira e Trinta United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-09-28 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Corujeira e Trinta, Concelho da Guarda, Distrito da Guarda

• Corujeira e Trinta United Commune
• Former Corujeira Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Corujeira
• Former Trinta Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Trinta

• Guarda Municipality
• Portugal
• Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Sep 2024

Former Corujeira Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Sep 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure three owls statant guardant Or ordered 2:1. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "CORUJEIRA".
Meaning:
The owls (Portuguese: corujas) are canting.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Sep 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 12 October 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Sep 2024

Presentation of Corujeira

Corujeira was one of the 18 communes of Guarda Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 118 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,83 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Sep 2024

Former Trinta Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Sep 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a spinning wheel Sable with drive belt Gules, on chief a pair of keys Purpure in saltire tied Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "TRINTA".
Meaning:
The crossed keys are an attribute of St. Peter, the local patron saint.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Sep 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 20 July 2009
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Sep 2024

Presentation of Trinta

Trinta was one of the 18 communes of Guarda Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 406 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7,64 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Sep 2024

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