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![[Enxames commune flag]](../images/p/pt-fnden.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2024
Shield Argent a rosemary bush eradicated Vert fruited Purpure, a swarm of bees Sable winged Or and ordered 3:4. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "ENXAMES – FUNDÃO".
Meaning:
The bush represents the local flora and especially the abundance of rosemary giving the landscape its typical purple colour and being some kind of a pasture for the canting bees, as the translation of the name of the commune means "swarms (of bees)".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 2 September 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2024
Enxames is one of the 18 communes of Fundão Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 437 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 22,48 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2024
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