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Santar e Moreira United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-06-15 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Santar e Moreira, Concelho de Nelas, Distrito de Viseu

See also:

Santar e Moreira United Commune

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 June 2024

Former Santar commune (until 2013)

[Santar (Nelas) commune (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 4 Mar 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of purple and white.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2017

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, semy of grapevines Purpure leaved Vert, over all a pair of keys crossed per saltire, one Or and the other Argent. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "SANTAR - NELAS".
Meaning:
The crossed keys are an attribute of St. Peter, the local patron saint.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 23 May 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2017

Presentation of Santar

Santar was one of the pre-2013 communes of Nelas Municipality; it had 1042 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 12,5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2017

Former Moreira commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Moreira (Nelas) commune until 2013)] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 June 2024

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin,

Coat of Arms

[Moreira (Nelas) commune CoA (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 4 Mar 2017

Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a bishop's cross Purpure, flanked by a grapevine Purpure leaved Vert at dexter and a triplet of corn cobs Or leaved Vert at sinister. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "MOREIRA - NELAS".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 23 August 2000,
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2017

Presentation of Moreira

Moreira was one of the pre-2013 communes of Nelas Municipality; it had 595 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 3,8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2017

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