Pinheiros e Vale de Figueira United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2025-04-05 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Pinheiros e Vale de Figueira, Concelho de Tabuaço, Distrito de Viseu

• Pinheiros e Vale de Figueira United Commune
• Former Pinheiros Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Pinheiros
• Former Vale de Figueira Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Vale de Figueira

• Tabuaço Municipality
• Portugal
• Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Mar 2025

Former Pinheiros Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Mar 2025

Coat of Arms

Shield Or a pine Vert fructed Gules, over all a lion passant Gules, in chief a gnomon Gules between two crescents Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "PINHEIROS - TABUAÇO".
Meaning:

Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Mar 2025

Symbols established by the Comissão de Heráldica da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses (CHAAP) on 28 August 2007 without any further officialisation (it might have been approved in the communal parliament, but it was never sent for publication into the official journal).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Mar 2025

Presentation of Pinheiros

Pinheiros was one of the eight communes of Tabuaço Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 178 inhabitants in 2021 and covered 4,21 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Mar 2025

Former Vale de Figueira Commune (until 2013)

Flag

The colour of the flag is unknown.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 Mar 2025

Coat of Arms

Shield Or a fig tree eradicated Vert fructed Purple,, in base a mound of two coupeaux Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VALE DE FIGUEIRA - TABUAÇO".
Meaning:
These arms are fully canting, as the phrase "vale de figueira" means "fig tree valley".
Source: municipal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 Mar 2025

This commune´s arms were never approved by the CHAAP — nor maybe ever discussed.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 Mar 2025

Presentation of Vale de Figueira

Vale de Figueira was one of the eight communes of Tabuaço Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 146 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,71 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 Mar 2025

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