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Dois Portos e Runa United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2017-07-01 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Dois Portos e Runa, Concelho de Torres Vedras, Distrito de Lisboa

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Former Dois Portos commune (until 2013)

[Dois Portos commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 1 May 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 May 2017

Coat of arms

[Dois Portos commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 1 May 2017

Shield Purple, divided by a chevron wavy Argent charged with a chevronel wavy Azure, in chief two barrels Or with hoops Gules, in base a tank engine Argent garnished Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll (Bénard Guedes style) with inscription in black upper case letters "DOIS PORTOS".
Meaning:
"Dois portos" means "two harbours" (refering to river piers, not seaports); the arms are not canting. They include however heraldic tokens for the importance of the localRriver Sizandro, as also of cooperage and of the local train station.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2017 and António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 May 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 1 July 1997
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 May 2017

Presentation of Dois Portos

Dois Portos Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Torres Vedras Municipality; it had 2124 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 36.6 km².
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 May 2017

Former Runa commune (until 2013)

[Runa commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 1 May 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: phone call to local government headquarters
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 May 2017

Coat of arms

[Runa commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 1 May 2017

Shield Vert with base wavy of Argent and Azure; two pairs of wheat ears Or, tied Argent in heart point, flanking a grapevine Purpure leafed Or in chief; issuant from base a throughout single-arch bridge Argent masoned Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black upper case letters "RUNA".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2017 and António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 May 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 December 1997
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 May 2017

Presentation of Runa

Runa Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Torres Vedras Municipality; it had 1004 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6.7 km².
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 May 2017

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