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Barbacena e Vila Fernando Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Barbacena e Vila Fernando, Concelho de Elvas, Distrito de Portalegre

Last modified: 2014-11-01 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Barbacena commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 19 July 2010
flag of former Barbacena commune
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Former Barbacena Commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white and blue.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 July 2010

Coat of arms

[Barbacena commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 19 July 2010

The arms are Azure, in base three triplets of wheat ears Or tied Gules ordered 2:1, issuant from the chief a fortress wall corner with turret Argent. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BARBACENA".
Meaning:
The turret and castle wall refer to the local castle; it is represented on the arms in a very unheraldic fashion.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 July 2010

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 17 October 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 July 2010

Presentation of Barbacena

Barbacena Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Elvas Municipality (q.v.); it had 778 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 31,16 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 July 2010

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