Boticas e Granja United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Boticas e Granja, Concelho de Boticas, Distrito de Vila Real

• Boticas e Granja United Commune
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Boticas e Granja
• Former Boticas Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Boticas
• Former Granja Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Granja

• Boticas Municipality
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Boticas e Granja United Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field of yet unknown colour.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 May 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure a Marian crown Or cushioned Gules lined Gules and bejewelled Proper flanked by two pairs of wheat ears Or with their stem tips tied Gules, on a mound Argent issuant from base three bottles Sable facing dexter and set in fess per counterchevron. (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "".
Meaning:
The arms includes elements from the coats of arms of the constituent former communes. The Marian crown is an attribute of St. mary, being patron saint of both former communes, as Our Lady of Liberation (of Boticas Commune) and as Our Lady of Assumption (of Granja Commune)
Source: Boticas municipal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin,

Presentation of Boticas e Granja

Boticas e Granja is one of the five communes of Boticas Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 1540 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 22,67 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 June 2024

Former Boticas 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
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 May 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent two pine tree twigs Vert fruited Gules in pale ordered per fess, in chief a Marian Crown Azure bejewelled Or, on a mound Sable issuant from base five bottles Or facing dexter and in fess ordered 3:2. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "FREGUESIA DE BOTICAS".
Meaning:
The bottles may be a punning element as a literal interpretation of the toponym is as an hypochoristic botas, meaning "boots", and traditionally leather bottles and boots are fashioned by the same smith. Although "bottle" is garrafa in modern standard Portuguese, the archaic / regional botelha and the transsemantic botija are both readily similar and bonafide hypochoristics of bota (respectively of Occitan and Castilian origins). Might be a pun too convoluted for casual appreciation, but this kind of Easter eggs are well liked, and not unheard of in Portuguese local heraldry. Of course, modern looking glass bottles is a further humurous touch, akin to depict Aladdin rubbing a lightbulb. The crown is an attribute of Our Lady of Liberation, the local patron saint.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 May 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 1 June 2006
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 May 2024

Presentation of Boticas

Boticas was one of the 11 communes of Boticas Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 1280 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 13,92 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 May 2024

Former Granja Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 June 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure two hoes Argent in saltire, in chief a Marian Crown Or bejewelled Proper, in base a cask Or hooped Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "GRANJA - BOTICAS".
Meaning:
The word granja means approx. "farmstead" (being a cognate of English "grange"); the crossed hoes on the coat of arms could be a canting element. The crown is an attribute of Our Lady of Assumption, the local patron saint.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 June 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 27 July 2008, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 June 2024

Presentation of Granja

Granja was one of the 11 communes of Boticas Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 230 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 8,75 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 June 2024

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