Ninho do Açor e Sobral do Campo United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-06-29 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Ninho do Açor e Sobral do Campo, Concelho de Castelo Branco, Distrito de Castelo Branco

• Ninho do Açor e Sobral do Campo United Commune
• Former Ninho do Açor Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Ninho do Açor
• Former Sobral do Campo Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Sobral do Campo

• Castelo Branco Municipality
• Portugal

Ninho do Açor e Sobral do Campo United Commune

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 June 2024

Former Ninho do Açor Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Mar 2016

Coat of Arms

Shield Gules, a tree eradicated Or crowned by a bird´s nest, in chief a goshawk Proper. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "NINHO DO AÇOR".
Meaning:
"Ninho do Açor" means "goshawk´s nest", nest and bird are thus canting.
Sources: here and here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Mar 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 12 March 2004,
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Mar 2016

Presentation of Ninho do Açor

Ninho do Açor was one of the pre-2013 communes of Castelo Branco Municipality; it had 380 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 11,8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Mar 2016

Former Sobral do Campo 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
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 June 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Or, a cork oak eradicated Vert, peeled and fruited Gules, in chief a bunch of five arrows Sable tied Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank)and white scroll with inscription in black initials "SOBRAL DO CAMPO".
Meaning:
The cork oak (Port.: sobreiro) is canting. The arrows are an attribute of St. Sebastian, the local patron saint.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Mar 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 8 August 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Mar 2016

Presentation of Sobral do Campo

Sobral do Campo was one of the pre-2013 communes of Castelo Branco Municipality; it had 366 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 31,2 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Mar 2016

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