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![[Ferreira (Macedo de Cavaleiros) commune]](../images/p/pt-mcdfe.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 25 Mar 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Mar 2016
![[Ferreira (Macedo de Cavaleiros) commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-mcdfe).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 25 Mar 2016
Sable eleven bezants set in cross with seven in pale and in base a blacksmith's hammer and its anvil both Argent emphasized Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "FERREIRA - MACEDO DE CAVALEIROS".
Meaning:
"Ferreira", means "female blacksmith" and the hammer and anvil in the arms are canting for it. (Ferreira is also a very often surname.)
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Mar 2016
Flag and arms promulgated by the communal government Edict 887/2011 on 5 April 2011 and published in the official journal Diário da República: II Série on 23 September
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Mar 2016
Ferreira Commune is one of the 30 communes of Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality; it had 194 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 19.6 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Mar 2016
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