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Noura e Palheiros United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Noura e Palheiros, Concelho de Murça, Distrito de Vila Real


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Former Noura Commune (until 2013)

[Noura commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 15 Aug 2010

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a quartered purple and yellow field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 Aug 2010

Coat of arms

[Noura commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 15 Aug 2010

The arms are Or a bridge Sable masoned Argent issuant from a base wavy of Azure and Argent, in chief a wine press (or oil press) Purpure garnished Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "NOURA - MURÇA".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 Aug 2010

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 10 May 2002
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 Aug 2010


Presentation of Noura

Noura Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Murça Municipality (q.v.); it had 575 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 14.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Jan 2016


Former Palheiros commune (until 2013)

[Palheiros commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Jan 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Jan 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Vert, an eucalyptus tree eradicated Argent between pincers Or at dexter and a crown of wheat ears Or at sinister. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "PALHEIROS".
Source: Murça municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Jan 2016

Survey emitted on 31 May 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Jan 2016


Presentation of Palheiros

Palheiros Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Murça Municipality (q.v.); it had 332 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 27.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Jan 2016


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