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Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2015-11-08 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: fanzeres | sao pedro da cova | bar(wavy) | corn(cob) | heart(filigree) | wheat(ear) | shovel | pick axe | pit lamp |
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União das Freguesias de Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova, Concelho de Gondomar, Distrito do Porto


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Former Fânzeres commune (until 2013)

[Fânzeres commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 7 Nov 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and black.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Sable a filigree heart flanked by two corn cobs, all Or, in base mantled Argent charged with two barrulets wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "FÂNZERES".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 June 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2015


Presentation of Fânzeres

Fânzeres Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Gondomar Municipality (q.v.); it had 23 108 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 8.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2015


Former São Pedro da Cova commune (until 2013)

[São Pedro da Cova commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 7 Nov 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and yellow.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Sable, divided by a bar wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, in chief a corn cob Gules leaved Or between two wheat ears Or, in base a shovel and a pick axe crossed per saltire and a pit lamp, all Argent. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "S. PEDRO DA COVA".
Meaning:
The elements in base are canting referring to the suffix "da cova" (= of the pitt).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 25 November 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2015


Presentation of São Pedro da Cova

São Pedro da Cova Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Gondomar Municipality (q.v.); it had 16 478 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 13.9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2015


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