Lavandeira, Beira Grande e Selores United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Lavandeira, Beira Grande e Selores, Concelho da Carrazeda de Ansiães, Distrito de Bragança

• Lavandeira, Beira Grande e Selores United Commune
• Former Lavandeira Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Lavandeira
• Former Beira Grande Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Beira Grande
• Former Selores Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Selores

• Carrazeda de Ansiães Municipality
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Lavandeira, Beira Grande e Selores United Commune

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2024

Former Lavandeira 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, 6 Feb 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent a castle Sable masoned Argent with three embattled towers and port and windows Gules, on chief two heraldic roses Azure seeded Or and barbed Vert in fess, on base a grape bunch Purpure leafed Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "LAVANDEIRA".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Feb 2024 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 7 March 2006
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Feb 2024

Presentation of Lavandeira

Lavandeira was one of the nine communes of Carrazeda de Ansiães Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 162 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 14,01 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Feb 2024

Former Beira Grande Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Feb 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Or a cross couped Gules fitted on each of its ends with three acorns Gules capsuled Vert, flanked at dexter chief by an olive twig Vert fruited Sable and at sinister chief by a grape bunch Purpure leafed Vert, on base wavy Azure a barrulet wavy Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "BEIRA GRANDE".
Meaning:
"Beira" means "edge" or "rim" or "border", also in the geographic sense — and as such this toponym is used to name the centre of Portugal and/or any of its several subdivision schemes (see here and here), and also one of the provinces of Mozambique and its capital [mz-bra.html]. In this case, ironically, the smallest of all (as "grande" means "big"), this word may mean an actual edge or an orographic feature, local and three-dimensional, and not a frontier area conceptually seen on a map. Eitherway, this meaning is not shown in the arms, which instead bear the acorn cross of St. Anthony of Lisboa and Padova, the local patron saint, twig and bunch are representations of oliviculture and viticulture. The wavy base stands for the River Douro, the southern border of the commune.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Feb 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 2 August 2011, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Feb 2024

Presentation of Beira Grande

Beira Grande was one of the nine communes of Carrazeda de Ansiães Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 144 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 14,76 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Feb 2024

Former Selores 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, 7 Feb 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Vert a Solomonic column Argent with its base and Doric capital, flanked at dexter by an apple and at sinister by a grape bunch, both Or leafed Argent, in chief Papal crown (tiara) Or bejewelled and with its lappets. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "SELORES".
Meaning:
The tiara is an attribute of St. Gregory, the local patron saint. Apple and grape bunch stand for orchardry and viticulture.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Feb 2024 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 23 March 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Feb 2024

Presentation of Selores

Selores was one of the nine communes of Carrazeda de Ansiães Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 141 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7,62 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Feb 2024

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