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Morreira e Trandeiras Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Morreira e Trandeiras, Concelho de Braga, Distrito de Braga

Last modified: 2014-08-30 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Morreira commune (- 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 7 Aug 2009
flag of former Morreira commune
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It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Aug 2009

Coat of arms

[Morreira commune CoA (- 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 7 Aug 2009

The arms are Argent two mounds Vert between two grindwheels Sable and issuant from a base wavy Argent charged with a fess Argent and in chief a scales Gules held by a flame blade sword Azure turned upwards. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "MORREIRA - BRAGA".
Meaning:
"Morreira" can be interpreted to mean "hill country" (from "morro", "hill") and thus the arms are canting. SWord and scales are an attribute of St. Michael.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Aug 2009

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 2003.02.17
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Aug 2009

Presentation of Morreira

Morreira Commune was one of the 62(!) pre-2013 communes of Braga Municipality (q.v.); it had 769 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 3,52 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Aug 2009

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