Vilela, Seramil e Paredes Secas United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-05-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Vilela, Seramil e Paredes Secas, Concelho de Amares, Distrito de Braga

• Vilela, Seramil e Paredes Secas United Commune
• Former Vilela Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Vilela
• Former Seramil Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Seramil
• Former Paredes Secas commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Paredes Secas

• Amares Municipality
• Portugal

Vilela, Seramil e Paredes Secas United Commune

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 May 2024

Former Vilela commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Aug 2023

Coat of Arms

Shield Or, a bend Sable masoned Argent, in sinister chief a scallop Azure, in dexter base an orange branch Vert with three oranges proper. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "VILELA - AMARES".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 6 September 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2018

Presentation of Vilela

Vilela Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Amares Municipality; it had 297 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2.8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2018

Former Seramil commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Aug 2023

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, a palm frond Vert, surrounded by a royal coronet Or, flanked by two wreaths of olive Vert fruited Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "SERAMIL".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2018

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 13 December 2007
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2018

Presentation of Seramil

Seramil Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Amares Municipality; it had 182 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2018

Former Paredes Secas commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2018

Coat of Arms

Shield Or semy of flax blossoms Azure seeded Or, issuant from base a mount Sable, over all a sword flambant Vert in pale. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "PAREDES SECAS".
Meaning:
The sword is an attribute of Archangel St. Michael, the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 13 October 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2018

Presentation of Paredes Secas

Paredes Secas Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Amares Municipality; it had 166 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 1.8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Mar 2018

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