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Matas e Cercal United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2015-05-19 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Matas e Cercal, Concelho de Ourém, Distrito de Santarém

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Former Matas commune (until 2013)

[Matas (Ourém) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by , 31 Mar 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Argent, two groves Vert ordered per fess between a fleur-de-lis Azure in chief and a watermill's wheel Purpure in base. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "MATAS - OURÉM".
Meaning:
The fleur-de-lis is an attribute of St. Mary, the local patron saint. The groves (Port.: matas) are canting elements. The wheel is representing the many watermills still existing in the commune.
Sources: Sérgio Horta, districts of Portugal and here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 13 January 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015

Presentation of Matas

Matas Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Ourém Municipality (q.v.); it had 944 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 14.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015

Former Cercal commune (until 2013)

[Cercal (Ourém) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by , 31 Mar 2015

It is a fairly unusual Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field, with red background colour of the shield.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Gules with base wavy of Argent and Azure, an eagle Argent, in chief a branch of olive Argent fruited sable between two pine cones Vert accompanied each by needle and sewing thread of the same. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CERCAL - OURÉM".
Source: districts of Portugal
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 8 April 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015

Presentation of Cercal

Cercal Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Ourém Municipality (q.v.); it had 784 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 8.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015

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