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Gafanhoeira e Sabugueiro United Commune (Portugal)

União das Freguesia de Gafanhoeira e Sabugueiro, Concelho de Arraiolos, Distrito de Évora

Introduction

Former Gafanhoeira Commune (until 2013)
Presentation of Gafanhoeira

Former Sabugueiro commune (until 2013)
Presentation of Sabugueiro

See also:

Introduction

The communes of Gafanhoeira and Sabugueiro merged in 2013.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2015

Former Gafanhoeira Commune (until 2013)

2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 10 Aug 2009

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Aug 2009

Coat of arms

image by Sérgio Horta, 10 Aug 2009

The arms are Purpure a rooster Or crested and barbed Gules and two cork oak twigs Argent acorned Argent capsuled Or, all set in chevron. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll "GAFANHOEIRA - SÃO PEDRO" reading in black upper case letters.
Meaning:
The word "gafanhoeira" can be interpreted to mean "leper colony" (from archaic "gafo", "leper") and thus the arms are not canting, depicting instead local produce and the animal-symbol of the patron saint (St. Peter) of the Catholic parish from which the commune was originally developed.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Aug 2009

Flag and arms authored by Eduardo Lourenço Brito; adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 4 February 1999
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Aug 2009

Presentation of Gafanhoeira

Gafanhoeira Commune (a.k.a. São Pedro de Gafanhoeira, São Pedro da Gafanhoeira, and Gafanhoeira - São Pedro) was one of the pre-2013 communes of Arraiolos Municipality (q.v.); it had 623 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 45,17 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Aug 2009

Former Sabugueiro commune (until 2013)

2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Argent, an elder tree eradicated Vert fruited Or, in orle a rope Azure knotted seven times. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black initials: "SABUGUEIRO - ARRAIOLOS".
Meaning:
The elder tree (Latin: Sambucus nigra) is a canting element. The blue Franciscan's cord, i.e. the rope, is an attribute of St. Clara, the local patron saint. Draft designed by Eduardo Lourenço Brito.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 2 December 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2015

Presentation of Sabugueiro

Sabugueiro Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Arraiolos Municipality (q.v.); it had 397 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 38.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2015

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