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Unhão e Lordelo Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Unhão e Lordelo, Concelho de Felgueiras, Distrito do Porto

Last modified: 2014-08-30 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Unhão commune (- 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 21 June 2009
flag of former Unhão commune
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Former Unhão Commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and yellow, usually meaning (town rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 June 2009

Coat of arms

[Unhão commune CoA (- 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 21 June 2009

The arms are Argent a lunel Gules flanked by four bunches of grapes Or leaved Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "UNHÃO".
Meaning:
"Unhão" means "big nail" (as in finger, or toe, nail), but that may not be the actual etymology. Either way, the lunel, regardless of the reason it was chosen for these arms (which I dont know) may be interpreted as nail clippings, which would make these canting arms, of sorts.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 June 2009

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 2000.05.09
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 June 2009

Presentation of Unhão

Unhão Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Felgueiras Municipality (q.v.); it had 866 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 3,62 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 June 2009

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