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Serra e Junceira United Commune (Portugal)

União das Freguesias de Serra e Junceira, Concelho de Tomar, Distrito de Santarém

Last modified: 2015-10-22 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: serra(tomar) | junceira | chevron | mallard | basket | plumb line | cross(christ knights) | grapevine | olive(branch) |
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Former Serra commune (until 2013)

[Serra(Tomar) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by , 15 July 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2015

Coat of arms

[Serra(Tomar) commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2015

Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent; divided by a chevron Gules, above two mallards volants affronty Proper, beneath a basket Purpure carrying grapevines Or leaved Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "SERRA - TOMAR".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 31 July 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2015

Presentation of Serra

Serra Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Tomar Municipality (q.v.); it had 1191 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 33.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2015

Former Junceira commune (until 2013)

[Junceira commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by , 15 July 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Or a paly plumb line Sable topped by a cross patty Gules charged with a Greek cross Argent and flanked by a grapevine Purpure leaved Vert at dexter and an olive branch Vert fruited Sable at sinister. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "JUNCEIRA".
Meaning:
The cross is alluding to the Order of the Knights of Christ.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 28 November 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2015

Presentation of Junceira

Junceira Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Tomar Municipality (q.v.); it had 889 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 13.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2015

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