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![[Reriz e Gafanhão united commune flag]](../images/p/pt-cdrrg.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2025
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, 7 Nov 2025
![[Reriz e Gafanhão united commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-cdrrg).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Jörg Majewski, 11 Nov 2025
Shield Argent three wheat sheaves Vert in fess, between a Marian crown Azure garnished Or on chief and a Azure filled with agricultural products proper.
Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and long white scroll reading, as used for united communes,
in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE RERIZ E GAFANHÃO".
Meaning:
The charges are taken from the arms of both predecessors, the crown from those of Gafanhão and the basket from those of Reriz.
The sheaves seem to be a modification of the ears on the arms of Reriz.
Sources: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 18 May 2015
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2025
Reriz e Gafanhão is one of the five communes of Castro Daire Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 724 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 22,62 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2025
![[Reriz commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cdrrg-rz.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Sérgio Horta,
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, 7 Nov 2025
![[Reriz commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cdrrg-rz).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Jörg Majewski, 11 Nov 2025
Shield Argent, on chief a coat Gules with cords of the same and lining Azure, on base a basket Azure filled with agricultural products proper.
Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "RERIZ".
Meaning:
The coat is an attribute of St. Martin, the local patron saint. The basket stands for agriculture.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 22 July 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
Reriz was one of the 11 communes of Castro Daire Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 755 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 44,6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2025
![[Gafanhão commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cdrrg-gf.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Sérgio Horta,
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, 7 Nov 2025
![[Gafanhão commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cdrrg-gf).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Jörg Majewski, 11 Nov 2025
Shield Or a watermill wheel Gules between a Marian crown Azure on chief and two wheat ears Vert in saltire.
Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style,
reading in black upper case serifed letters "GAFANHÃO".
Meaning:
The crown is an attribute of St. Mary, being the local patron saint as Our Lady of Sorrows.
Ears and wheel are symbolising the importance of wheat, cultivated and afterwards processed by the former watermills alongside the Paiva River.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 17 October 2008
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
Gafanhão was one of the 11 communes of Castro Daire Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 128 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7,76 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2025
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