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São Jorge e Ermelo United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2015-12-28 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de São Jorge e Ermelo, Concelho de Arcos de Valdevez, Distrito de Viana do Castelo


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Former São Jorge commune (until 2013)

[São Jorge (Arcos de Valdevez) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 2 Jan 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a dragon rampant Gules, accompanied by a corn cob Argent leaved Vert in dexter chief and a grapevine Purpure leaved Vert in sinister chief. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "S. JORGE - ARCOS DE VALDEVEZ".
Meaning:
The dragon is an attribute of St. George, local patron saint and name giver of the commune.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 April 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2016


Presentation of São Jorge

São Jorge Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Arcos de Valdevez Municipality (q.v.); it had 714 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 11.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2016


Former Ermelo commune (until 2013)

Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes doesn't give us any information in his listing of the municipality's communes flags in Freguesias de Portugal, and in communal webpage there is only a plain white shield. Thus we have to conclude that Ermelo had no proper symbols.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2016


Presentation of Ermelo

Ermelo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Arcos de Valdevez Municipality (q.v.); it had 92 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 12.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Jan 2016


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