Oliveira do Conde Commune (Portugal) (original) (raw)

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Freguesia de Oliveira do Conde, Concelho de Carregal do Sal, Distrito de Viseu

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[](../images/p/pt-crsoc.gif)2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 22 Sep 2010

• About the flag
• Presentation of Oliveira do Conde See also:
• Carregal do Sal Municipality
• Portugal

About the Flag

It is a fairly typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a yellow and purple quartered background.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 Sep 2010

Coat of arms

[.gif)](../images/p/pt-crsoc%29.gif)image by Sérgio Horta, 22 Sep 2010

Shield Purpure, an olive tree eradicated Argent fruited Sable, in chief a count's coronet Or gemmed Gules and Vert. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "OLIVEIRA DO CONDE".
Meaning:
"Oliveira do Conde" means "Olive tree of the Count". The arms are canting with the tree representing "oliveira " and the coronet, referring to Count (Port.: conde) Fernão Peres de Trava (~1100~1161), representing its bearer. António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 Sep 2010

_Flag and coat of arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário do Governo : III Série in 31 July 2002

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## Presentation of Oliveira do Conde

Oliveira do Conde Commune is one of the five communes of Carregal do Sal Municipality (q.v.); it had 3122 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 35.2 km². Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2015

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