Chamusca e Pinheiro Grande United Commune (Portugal) (original) (raw)


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União das Freguesias de Chamusca e Pinheiro Grande, Concelho de Chamusca, Distrito de Santarém

Former Chamusca commune (until 2013)

[[Chamusca commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-chmcp-cm.gif)2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 24 May 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Or, two bunches of three corn cobs Gules each, leaved Vert, both ordered per fess, in chief a branch of vine Vert with three grapevines fruited Purpure, in base a bar wavy Azure charged with a barrulet wavy Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "FREGUESIA DE CHAMUSCA"
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 16 October 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2015

Presentation of Chamusca

Chamusca Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Chamusca Municipality (q.v.); it had 3360 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 35.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2015

Former Pinheiro Grande commune (until 2013)

[[Pinheiro Grande commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-chmcp-pg.gif)2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 24 May 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Argent, a pine eradicated Vert flanked by a rounded cross patty Gules at dexter and a cross patty Gules charged with a Greek cross Argent at sinister, in base three barrulets wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "PINHEIRO GRANDE"
Meaning:
The pine is a canting element. The crosses refer to the Orders of the Templars and of the Knights of Christ. The barrulets wavy are symbolizing riches of water.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 December 1995
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2015

Presentation of Pinheiro Grande

Pinheiro Grande Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Chamusca Municipality (q.v.); it had 939 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 31.8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 May 2015

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