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Avenidas Novas Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Avenidas Novas, Concelho de Lisboa, Distrito de Lisboa

Last modified: 2014-11-29 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Avenidas Novas logo] 2:3 image located by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Nov 2014
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Introduction of Avenidas Novas

Avenidas Novas was established in 2012, when the former independent communes of Nossa Senhora de Fátima and São Sebastião de Pedreira merged.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Nov 2014


Former São Sebastião de Pedreira Commune

São Sebastião de Pedreira Flag (until 2012)

[São Sebastião de Pedreira commune (Lisboa) (until 2012)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Nov 2014

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Nov 2014

Coat of arms

[São Sebastião de Pedreira commune (Lisboa) CoA (until 2012)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Nov 2014

Shield Vert, a coronet Or and a bundle of three arrows Argent trespassing the coronet. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SÃO SEBASTIÃO DA PEDREIRA".
Meaning:
The arrows are an attribute of St. Sebastian.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Nov 2014

Flag and arms adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 19 January 1995
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Nov 2014

Presentation of São Sebastião de Pedreira

São Sebastião de Pedreira was one of the 53 pre-2012 communes of Lisboa Municipality. It had 6342 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 1,08 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Nov 2014


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