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Oleiros e Amieira United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2018-05-04 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: oleiros(freguesia) | amieira(oleiros) | cross(maltese) | flax(branch) | trout | pine(branch) | strawberry tree(branch) | crow |
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União das Freguesias de Oleiros e Amieira , Concelho de Oleiros, Distrito de Castelo Branco

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Former Oleiros commune (until 2013)

[Oleiros commune (until 2013) w/ green cross]
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 3 Feb 2018 		[Oleiros commune (until 2013) w/ white cross]
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 		   

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
The colour of the Maltese cross in the arms is white according to this webpage (see right image above) and green according Sérgio Horta (see left image above).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2018

Coat of arms

Shield Gules; two flax branches Or in saltire, flowered Or and seeded Vert; in chief a Maltese cross Argent; base wavy Argent, charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, charged with two trouts Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FREGUESIA DE OLEIROS".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 26 July 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2018

Presentation of Oleiros

Oleiros Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Oleiros Municipality; it had 1995 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 115.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2018

First I have to thank António for his attention. He found out that the Maltese cross in the arms of the former commune (freguesia) of Oleiros should be Argent, as depicted here: (( http://www.hiperglobal.com/portugal/index.php?zona=2816 )) Sérgio Horta however depicted both, flag and arms with a Maltese cross Vert, but described the cross also as "Argent". Any depictions of the flag and other depictions of the arms in the WWW also show a green cross, e.g. here: (( https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleiros_(freguesia) )). Probably they have all been copied of Sérgio's image e.g. here: (( http://www.ngw.nl/arms/websites/Portugal/www.fisicohomepage.hpg.ig.com.br/a-z.htm )) As I have no explanation about the contradiction in Sérgio's page, especially as he doesn't refer to the freguesia itself. I add a modified image of the flag with white cross.

Former Amieira commune (until 2013)

[Amieira (Oleiros) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 3 Feb 2018

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2018

Coat of arms

Shield Argent; at dexter a branch of pine; at sinister a branch of strawberry tree; both in pale, Vert and fruited Gules; in base a crow statant Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "AMIEIRA - OLEIROS".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 2 July 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2018

Presentation of Amieira

Amieira Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Oleiros Municipality; it had 118 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 28.2 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2018

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