![[Ourique commune]](../images/p/pt-orqoq.gif)
Last modified: 2015-09-04 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: ourique(freguesia) | olive(branch) | wheat(ear) | inescutcheon | plates(13) |
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2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 3 Sep 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and white.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015
Shield Or, a sinister bendy branch of olive fruited Sable, accompanied in dexter chief by an inescutcheon Azure charged with 13 plates ordered 2:3:2:3:2:1; in sinister base three wheat ears Or tied Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "FREGUESIA DE OURIQUE".
Meaning:
The inescutcheon is the shield of Portuguese kings in the 12th century. The other charges probably refer to the rural character of the commune.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015
![[Ourique commune (1995-2001)]](../images/p/pt-orqoq995.gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 3 Sep 2015
The only difference was the inscription of the scroll, simply being: "OURIQUE"
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015
Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 8 March 2001, the former symbols on 11 July 1995
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015
Ourique Commune is one of the four communes of the Ourique municipality (q.v.); it had 2874 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 250.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015
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