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Bustelo, Carneiro e Carvalho de Rei United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-05-04 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Bustelo, Carneiro e Carvalho de Rei, Concelho de Amarante, Distrito do Porto

See also:

Bustelo, Carneiro e Carvalho de Rei United Commune

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

Former Bustelo Commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Bustelo (Amarante) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 20 June 2018

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and white.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 June 2018

Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms: Shield Vert with base wavy of Argent and Azure, charged with two fish salient addorsed Or, a wayside cross Argent garnished Sable, chief Argent, charged with a corn cob Or leafed Vert, flanked by two grapevines Purpure leafed Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "BUSTELO - AMARANTE".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 June 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 4 December 1993
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 June 2018

Presentation of Bustelo

Bustelo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Amarante Municipality; it had 521 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 June 2018

Former Carneiro Commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Carneiro commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 June 2018

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field (concluded).
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 June 2018

Coat of arms

Coat of Arms

Shield Vert, a sheep passant Argent, tongued Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "CARNEIRO - AMARANTE".
Source: this webpage
Meaning:
The arms are canting, displaying a sheep of the species "Ovis aries".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 June 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 6 January 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 June 2018

Presentation of Carneiro

Carneiro Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Amarante Municipality; it had 311 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 8.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 June 2018

Former Carvalho de Rei commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Carvalho de Rei commune (until 2013) CoA] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 June 2018

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, 20 June 2018

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, an eradicated oak tree, in chief a royal coronet Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "CARVALHO DE REI".
Meaning:
The arms are canting, as the communes name means "the king's oak", displaying an oak (Port.: carvalho) and a king´s (Port.: rei) coronet,
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 June 2018

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 2 May 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 June 2018

Presentation of Carvalho de Rei

Carvalho de Rei Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Amarante Municipality; it had 187 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 June 2018

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