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Guilhufe e Urrô Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Guilhufe e Urrô, Concelho de Penafiel, Distrito do Porto

Last modified: 2025-02-15 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Guilhufe e Urrô commune flag] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Feb 2025
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Guilhufe e Urrô Commune

Flag

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

Coat of Arms

Shield Gules with base wavy of Argent and Azure, on fess point a mitre Or garnished Azure with scarves of the same, on dexter chief point a cogwheel Argent, on sinister chief point a grape bunch Or leafed Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "GUILHUFE E URRÔ".
Meaning:
The base wavy, a representation of the Sousa River, and the mitre are taken from the arms of the former Urrô Commune, the cogwheel from those of the former Guilhufe Commune. The grape bunches, symbolising viticulture, appeared on both former arms.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Feb 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 28 July 2014
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Feb 2025

Presentation of

is one of the five communes of Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 3845inhabitants in 2021 and covers 7,32 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Feb 2025

Former Guilhufe Commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Guilhufe commune (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 10 Feb 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2017

Coat of Arms

Shield Gules, a cogwheel Argent, surrounded by three grapevines Or leaved Argent, ordered 2:1. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "GUILHUFE - PENAFIEL".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 3 May 2003,
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2017

Presentation of Guilhufe

Guilhufe was one of the 15 communes of Penafiel Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 2844 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2017

Former Urrô Commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Urrô (Penafiel) commune] 2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 14 June 2009

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field (village rank).
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 June 2009

https://www.heraldicacivica.pt/.html#gsc.tab=0

Coat of Arms

[Urrô (Penafiel) commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 14 June 2009

The arms are Azure, in centre a mitre with ribbons Or padded Gules, in chief two bunches of grapes Or leaved Argent, in base three barrulets wavy Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "URRÔ - PENAFIEL".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 June 2009

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 25 May 2000
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 June 2009

Presentation of Urrô

Urrô was one of the 15 communes of Penafiel Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 1161 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2,2 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2017

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