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Vila Boa de Quires e Maureles Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Vila Boa de Quires e Maureles, Concelho de Marco de Canavezes, Distrito do Porto

Former Vila Boa de Quires commune (until 2013)
Presentation of Vila Boa de Quires

Former Maureles commune (until 2013)
Presentation of Maureles

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Former Vila Boa de Quires commune (until 2013)

2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and yellow.
Source: municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2016

Coat of arms

Shield chequered of 15 of Or and Azure, over all a cross patty Gules, charged with a Greek cross Argent. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "VILA BOA DE QUIRES".
Meaning:
The cross is alluding to the Order of the Knights of Christ.
Please note, we here have a checquered shield, although shield partitions are not allowed by law (and this pattern is at least implicitly forbidden).
Sources: municipal webpage and this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2016

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 22 February 2011
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2016

Presentation of Vila Boa de Quires

Vila Boa de Quires Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Marco de Canavezes Municipality; it had 3394 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 16.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2016

Former Maureles commune (until 2013)

I couldn't find any flag information.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2016

Coat of arms

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2016

Shield Azure, two watermill's wheels Argent ordered per fess, in chief a crown Or, in base a grapevine Or leaved Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "MAURELES".
Meaning:
Please note that the crown, although shaped like a a royal crown, is denoted in Portuguese blazon as a Marian crown, and thus alluding to St. Mary, probably being the local patron saint.
Sources: Ralf Hartemink's webpage and this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 19 March 2009
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2016

Presentation of Maureles

Maureles Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Marco de Canavezes Municipality; it had 460 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 3.2 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2016

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