Barbacena e Vila Fernando United Commune (Portugal) (original) (raw)
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União das Freguesias de Barbacena e Vila Fernando, Concelho de Elvas, Distrito de Portalegre
- Former Barbacena commune (until 2013)
- Presentation of Barbacena
- Former Vila Fernando commune (until 2013)
- Presentation of Vila Fernando See also:
- Elvas Municipality
- Portugal
Former Barbacena Commune (until 2013)
[![[Barbacena (Elvas) commune (until 2013)]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/p/pt-elvbv-bc.gif)
](../images/p/pt-elvbv-bc.gif)2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 19 July 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white and blue.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 July 2010
Coat of arms
[![[Barbacena (Elvas) commune CoA (until 2013)]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/p/pt-elvbv-bc)
The arms are Azure, in base three triplets of wheat ears Or tied Gules ordered 2:1, issuant from the chief a fortress wall corner with turret Argent. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BARBACENA".
Meaning:
The turret and castle wall refer to the local castle; it is represented on the arms in a very unheraldic fashion.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 July 2010
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 17 October 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 July 2010
Presentation of Barbacena
Barbacena Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Elvas Municipality; it had 663 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 31.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Feb 2017
Former Vila Fernando commune (until 2013)
[![[Vila Fernando (Elvas) commune (until 2013)]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/p/pt-elvbv-vf.gif)
](../images/p/pt-elvbv-vf.gif)2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Feb 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Feb 2017
Coat of arms
[![[Vila Fernando (Elvas) commune CoA (until 2013)]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/p/pt-elvbv-vf)
Shield Argent, two red kites volant Proper ordered per fess, in chief a Marian crown Gules, in base a triplet of wheat ears Vert tied Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "VILA FERNANDO - ELVAS".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Feb 2017
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 January 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Feb 2017
Presentation of Vila Fernando
Vila Fernando Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Elvas Municipality; it had 316 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 51.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Feb 2017
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