Urrós Commune (Portugal) (original) (raw)

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Freguesia de Urrós, Concelho de Mogadouro, Distrito de Bragança

Last modified: 2016-03-12 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: urros(mogadouro) | belfry | grapevine | wheat(ear) | barrulet |
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[](../images/p/pt-mgdur.gif)2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 19 Feb 2016

• About the flag
• Presentation of Urrós See also:
• Mogadouro Municipality
• Portugal

About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: communal webpageheraldry page with complete info about flag and banner
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Feb 2016

Coat of arms

[.gif)](../images/p/pt-mgdur%29.gif)image by Sérgio Horta, 19 Feb 2016

Argent a belfry Gules, in dexter chief a bunch of grapes Purpure leaved Vert, in sinister chief two wheat ears Or leaved Vert with their stems in saltire, in base three barrulets wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "URRÓS". The shape of the scroll is not the most usual but the one favoured by heraldrist José Bénard Guedes and some times used also by others.
Meaning:

Source: communal webpageheraldry page with complete info about flag and banner andthis webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Feb 2016

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 11 July 1997
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Feb 2016

Presentation of Urrós

Urrós Commune is one of the 21 communes of Mogadouro Municipality; it had 315 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 32.5 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Feb 2016

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