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![[Carnaxide e Queijas united commune flag]](../images/p/pt-oercq.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 7 Jan 2026
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and blue..
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Jan 2026
![[ Carnaxide e Queijas united commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-oercq).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 7 Jan 2026
Shield Azure a six-sided clerestory tower (Reservoir) Argent with windows Sable in chief cantons two windmill wheels Argent sailed Or, on a mound Or issuant from base a heart Gules crowned Or.
Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE CARNAXIDE E QUEIJAS".
Meaning:
The windmill wheels and crowned heart on mound are taken from the arms of Queijas/b> and the tower from those of Carnaxide.
The inclusion of the clerestory in the arms, depicted in faithful detail goes directly against §10d) of Law 53/91, issued on 7 August 1991.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Jan 2026
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 11 March 2025
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Jan 2026
Carnaxide e Queijas is one of the three communes of Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes; it had 36079 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 8,81 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Jan 2026
![[Carnaxide commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-oercq-cn.gif)
2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 8 May 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of blue and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2015
Shield Azure, a hexagonal lighthouse tower (Mãe d'Água) Argent flanked in chief by two grapevines Or and in base by two wheat ears Or crossed per saltire. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CARNAXIDE".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 24 May 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2015
Carnaxide Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Oeiras Municipality (q.v.); it had 25 911 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2015
![[Queijas commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-oercq-qs.gif)
2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 7 Aug 2014
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Aug 2014
![[Queijas commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-oercq-qs).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 7 Aug 2014
Shield Argent two windmill wheels Sable roped Sable and dressed Azure, in chief an open book Argent bound Gules and garnished Or,in base on a mound Sable a heart Gules crowned Gules and nimbed Or.
Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "QUEIJAS - OEIRAS".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Aug 2014
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 December 1996
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Aug 2014
Queijas Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Oeiras Municipality. It had 8771 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 2.3 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Aug 2014
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