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Poiares e Canelas United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Poiares e Canelas, Concelho de Peso da Régua, Distrito de Vila Real

See also:

Poiares e Canelas United Commune

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2024

Former Poiares Commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Poiares (Peso da Régua) commune] 2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 8 Jan 2009

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field (village rank).
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Jan 2009

Coat of Arms

[Poiares (Peso da Régua) commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 8 Jan 2009

Shield Vert a Maltese cross Argent and a bordure dancetty Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "POIARES - PESO DA RÉGUA".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Jan 2009

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 6 April 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Jan 2009

Presentation of Poiares

Poiares was one of the eight communes of Peso da Régua Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 918 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 11,80 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Jan 2009

Former Canelas Commune (until 2013)

Flag


[ commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 27 July 2024

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, 27 July 2024

Coat of Arms


[ commune CoA (until 2013)] image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 27 July 2024

Shield Argent two jester heads respectant Proper (two things one expects from a pair of jesters!) capped and collared Gules and belled Or between eight grapevine leaves Vert on orle. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "CANELAS - PESO DA RÉGUA".
Meaning:
The two jesters (Port.: jograis) are Bonami and Acompanhado, to whom a local hamlet was donated by King Sancho I (1185-1211). The leaves represent agriculture, especially viticulture and oliveculture.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 July 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 28 February 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 July 2024

Presentation of

was one of the eight communes of Peso da Régua Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 664 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 15,37 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 July 2024

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