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Calvos e Frades United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2016-06-20 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Calvos e Frades, Concelho de Póvoa de Lanhoso, Distrito de Braga


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Former Calvos commune (until 2013)

[Calvos (Póvoa de Lanhoso) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Vert, an oak Or double trunked, eradicated and leaved Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "CALVOS - PÓVOA de LANHOSO".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2016

Approved by Local Assembly on 7 May 2011
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2016


Presentation of Calvos

Calvos Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality; it had 483 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2016


Former Frades commune (until 2013)

[Frades (Póvoa de Lanhoso) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Argent, issuant from base a mount Sable, charged with an annulet Argent, surrounding a partridge Proper, in chief two milestones Vert, fimbriated Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FRADES - PÓVOA DE LANHOSO".
Meaning:
The milestones (Port.: "frades") are canting elements.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 15 June 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2016


Presentation of Frades

Frades Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Póvoa de Lanhoso Municipality; it had 270 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2016


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