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Ardãos e Bobadela Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Ardãos e Bobadela, Concelho de Boticas, Distrito de Vila Real

Last modified: 2014-08-21 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Bobadela (Boticas) commune (-2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 22 May 2009
flag of former Bobadela commune
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Former Bobadela Commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2009

Coat of arms

[Bobadela (Boticas) commune CoA (-2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 22 May 2009

The arms are Argent a local barroso-breed cow passant proper, in chief two lozenges Gules, in base wavy Azure a fess wavy Argent charged with a trout Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BOBADELA - BOTICAS".
Meaning:
"Bobadela" means "small vault" (arch. dim. of "abóbada") and thus the arms are not canting.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2009

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 2003.05.27
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2009

Presentation of Bobadela

Bobadela Commune was until 2013 one of the communes of Boticas Municipality (q.v.); formerly named Bobadela do Barroso; it had 354 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 14,78 km². This is one of four communes in Portugal named "Bobadela".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2009

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