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Ourique Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Ourique, Concelho de Ourique, Distrito de Beja

Last modified: 2015-09-04 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Ourique commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 3 Sep 2015
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and white.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Or, a sinister bendy branch of olive fruited Sable, accompanied in dexter chief by an inescutcheon Azure charged with 13 plates ordered 2:3:2:3:2:1; in sinister base three wheat ears Or tied Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "FREGUESIA DE OURIQUE".
Meaning:
The inescutcheon is the shield of Portuguese kings in the 12th century. The other charges probably refer to the rural character of the commune.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015

Former symbols (1995 - 2001)

[Ourique commune (1995-2001)] image by Sérgio Horta, 3 Sep 2015

The only difference was the inscription of the scroll, simply being: "OURIQUE"
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 8 March 2001, the former symbols on 11 July 1995
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015

Presentation of Ourique

Ourique Commune is one of the four communes of the Ourique municipality (q.v.); it had 2874 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 250.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015

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