Vilar de Perdizes e Meixide United Commune (Portugal) (original) (raw)
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União das Freguesias de Vilar de Perdizes e Meixide, Concelho de Montalegre, Distrito de Vila Real
- Vilar de Perdizes e Meixide United Commune
- Former Vilar de Perdizes Commune (until 2013)
- Former Meixide Commune (until 2013)
- Presentation of Meixide See also:
- Montalegre Municipality
- Portugal
- Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
Vilar de Perdizes e Meixide United Commune
The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 July 2024
Former Vilar de Perdizes Commune (until 2013)
Flag
[![[Vilar de Perdizes commune flag (until 2013)]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/p/pt-mtr.gif)
](../images/p/pt-mtr.gif)2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 12 July 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 July 2024
Coat of Arms
[![[Vilar de Perdizes commune CoA (until 2013)]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/p/pt-mtr)
Shield Argent a plough Gules with its shares Sable, on chief two grape bunches Purple leafed Vert, onin base two partridges Proper addorsed. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILAR DE PERDIZES - S. MIGUEL".
Meaning:
The phrase "vilar de perdizes" means literally "hamlet of partridges"; the arms are canting. The depicted birds are of the species Alectoris rufa (red-legged partridge), which is the expected for this location.
This commune had the alternative / cummulative designation of São Miguel, which is stated in the scroll text .
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 July 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 6 May 2003
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 July 2024
Presentation of Vilar de Perdizes
Vilar de Perdizes was one of the 18 communes of Montalegre Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 460 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 25,56 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 July 2024
Former Meixide Commune (until 2013)
The commune had been dissolved and had no proper symbols as Hiperglobal webpage displays just an empty shield.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 July 2024
Presentation of Meixide
Meixide was one of the 18 communes of Montalegre Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 88 inhabitants in 2021 and covered 12,17 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 July 2024
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