Morreira e Trandeiras United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Morreira e Trandeiras, Concelho de Braga, Distrito de Braga

• Morreira e Trandeiras united commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Morreira e Trandeiras
• Former Morreira commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Morreira
• Former Trandeiras commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Trandeiras

• Braga Municipality
• Portugal
• English WIKIPEDIA

Morreira e Trandeiras united commune

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Nov 2017

Shield Or; a bell Azure yoked Gules; between issuant from the coupeaux of a doublemount issuant Vert two pines Vert; mount charged with a fess wavy Argent, charged with a bar wavy Azure, over all a millstone Gules . Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE MORREIRA E TRANDEIRAS".
Source: here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Nov 2017

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 11 November 2015
Source: here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Nov 2017

Presentation of Morreira e Trandeiras

Morreira e Trandeiras United Commune is one of the 37 communes of Braga Municipality; its communes had 1447 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.5 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Nov 2017

Morreira commune

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Aug 2009

Shield Argent, two mounds Vert between two grindwheels Sable, issuant from base wavy Argent, charged with a bar wavy Azure, in chief scales Gules held by a flame blade sword Azure turned upwards. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "MORREIRA - BRAGA".
Meaning:
"Morreira" can be interpreted to mean "hill country" (from "morro", "hill") and thus the arms are canting. Sword and scales are an attribute of St. Michael.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Aug 2009

Published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 17 December 2003
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Aug 2009

Presentation of Morreira

Morreira Commune was one of thepre-2013 communes of Braga Municipality; it had 769 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 3.5 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Aug 2009

Former Trandeiras commune (until 2013)

2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Nov 2017

2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Nov 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field of yet unknown colour. It is almost certain that the other arms proposal (right image) was accompanied by a flag bearing it - however I could not find any more info about this.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Nov 2017

Shield Or, two eradicated pines Vert, a belfry Azure with bells Sable, all charges ordered 2:1. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "TRANDEIRAS".
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Nov 2017

Shield Argent, a belfry Argent, flanked by two trees Vert, issuant from base Vert, in chief an orb Azure garnished Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "TRANDEIRAS".
Source: this image
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Nov 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 29 August 2000
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Nov 2017

Presentation of Trandeiras

Trandeiras Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Braga Municipality; it had 700 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 0.9 km².
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Nov 2017

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