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Poceirão e Marateca United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2015-05-29 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Poceirão e Marateca, Concelho de Palmela, Distrito de Setúbal

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Former Poceirão commune (until 2013)

[Poceirão commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 Dec 2010

Coat of arms

[Poceirão commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2015

The arms are Argent a cross fleury fitchy Purpure, a well Gules masoned Argent and flanked by two storks Proper respectant. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading "POCEIRÃÃO - PALMELA" in black upper case letters.
Meaning:
The cross is a so called St. James' sword, alluding to the order of that saint. "Poceirão" means "big wetland" (or some such) in Portuguese; popular etymology may link it to the remote cognate "poço", "well", as an augmentative - the arms being thus partially canting.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 Dec 2010

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 1 July 1994
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 Dec 2010

Presentation of Poceirão

Poceirão Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Palmela Municipality (q.v.); it had 4758 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 147.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 July 2014

Former Marateca commune (until 2013)

[Marateca commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by , 26 May 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 May 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Azure with base wavy of Argent and Azure, a stork statant Proper between an oak branch Or at dexter and two rice ears Or tied of the same. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "MARATECA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 May 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 June 1995
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 May 2015

Presentation of Marateca

Marateca Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Palmela Municipality (q.v.); it had 3724 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 103.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 May 2015

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