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Arosa e Castelões United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-08-24 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Arosa e Castelões, Concelho de Guimarães, Distrito de Viana do Castelo

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Former Arosa commune (until 2013)

[Arosa commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 June 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Guimarães municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 June 2016

Coat of arms

hield Or, in base a bar wavy Azure charged with a barrulet wavy Argent, issuant from base a one arched throughout bridge Sable masoned Argent, in chief a pine branch Vert fruited Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "AROSA"
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 June 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 30 May 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 June 2016

Presentation of Arosa

Arosa Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Guimarães Municipality; it had 499 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 June 2016

Former Castelões commune (until 2013)

[Castelões (Guimarães) commune (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Aug 2024

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Aug 2024

Coat of arms

Shield Vert with base wavy of Argent and Azure, a filigree Maltese cross Or with central disc and hanger. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "CASTELÕES - GUIMARÃES" "".
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 June 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 2 May 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 June 2016

Presentation of Castelões

Castelões Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Guimarães Municipality; it had 310 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 3.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 June 2016

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