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Belinho e Mar United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Belinho e Mar, Concelho de Esposende, Distrito de Braga

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Former Belinho commune (until 2013)

[Belinho commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 26 May 2010

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 May 2010

Coat of arms

[Belinho commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 26 May 2010

Shield Azure a 6-point star Or surrounded by eight bees Or set in orle. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BELINHO".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 May 2010

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 9 February 1999
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 May 2010

Presentation of Belinho

Belinho Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Esposende Municipality (q.v.); it had 2017 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2017  km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Jan 2016

Former Mar commune (until 2013)

[Mar commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by , 12 Jan 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Jan 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Argent, five bars wavy Vert (barry wavy of nine of Argent and Vert), superimposed by a pile reversed Or charged with a rooster passant Sable armed and barbed Gules and an open book Argent in base superimposed by a sinister bendy knife Gules hilted Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "MAR - ESPOSENDE".
Meaning:
The green waves are canting and representing the sea (Port.: mar), the bloody knife is an attribute of St. Bartholomew, the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Jan 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 24 July 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Jan 2016

Presentation of Mar

Mar Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Esposende Municipality (q.v.); it had 1182 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Jan 2016

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