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Enxames Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Enxames, Concelho de Fundão, Distrito de Castelo Branco

Last modified: 2024-08-17 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Enxames commune flag] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2024
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Enxames Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent a rosemary bush eradicated Vert fruited Purpure, a swarm of bees Sable winged Or and ordered 3:4. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "ENXAMES – FUNDÃO".
Meaning:
The bush represents the local flora and especially the abundance of rosemary giving the landscape its typical purple colour and being some kind of a pasture for the canting bees, as the translation of the name of the commune means "swarms (of bees)".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 2 September 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2024

Presentation of Enxames

Enxames is one of the 18 communes of Fundão Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 437 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 22,48 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2024


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