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Lagares e Figueira Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Lagares e Figueira, Concelho da Penafiel, Distrito do Porto

Last modified: 2025-02-15 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: lagares(penafiel) | figueira(penafiel) | plough | corn(cob) | cross(christ knights) | fig(tree) |
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[Lagares e Figueira commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Feb 2025
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Lagares e Figueira Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Feb 2025

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent a fig tree Vert fruited Purpure, flanked on chief by a cross patty Gules charged with a Greek cross Argent, and on base by plough Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "LAGARES E FIGUEIRA".
Meaning:
The canting fig tree is taken from the arms the former Figueira Commune, the cross of the Order of the Knights of Christ and the plough from those of the former Lagares Commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Feb 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 19 June 2015
Klaus-Michael Schneider,

Presentation of Lagares e Figueira

Lagares e Figueira is one of the five communes of Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had inhabitants in 2021 and covers  km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Feb 2025

Former Lagares commune (until 2013)

[Lagares (Penafiel) commune (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2017

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, a plough Or, between a cross patty Gules, charged with a Greek cross Argent, in chief and a corn cob Or in base. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "LAGARES - PENAFIEL".
Meaning:
The cross refers to the Order of the Knights of Christ.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 31 May 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2017

Presentation of Lagares

Lagares was one of the 15 communes of Penafiel Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 2457 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10,9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2017

Former Figueira commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Figueira (Penafiel) commune (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 10 Feb 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2017

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, an eradicated fig tree Vert fruited Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FIGUEIRA - PENAFIEL".
Meaning:
The arms are canting, as the commune´s name means "fig tree".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 3 April 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2017

Presentation of Figueira

Figueira was one of the 15 communes of Penafiel Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 406 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6,4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2017

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