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Montemor-o-Novo United Commune (Portugal)

União das Freguesias de Nossa Senhora da Vila, Nossa Senhora do Bispo e Silveiras (Montemor-o-Novo), Concelho de Montemor-o-Novo, Distrito de Évora

Former Nossa Senhora da Vila commune (until 2013)
Presentation of Nossa Senhora da Vila

Former Nossa Senhora do Bispo commune (until 2013)
Presentation of Nossa Senhora do Bispo

Former Silveiras commune (until 2013)
Presentation of Silveiras

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Former Nossa Senhora da Vila commune (until 2013)

2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 18 Jan 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a fortress Azure masoned Sable with port and windows Argent and having two embattled towers, in chief a heraldic rose Gules seeded Or and barbed Vert, flanked by two wheat sheaves Vert tied Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "NOSSA SENHORA DA VILA".
Meaning:
The rose is an attribute of St. Mary, as Our Lady of the Town name giver of the commune. Note that there is no attribute of St. John of God, the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 16 February 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2016

Presentation of Nossa Senhora da Vila

Nossa Senhora da Vila Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Montemor-o-Novo Municipality (q.v.); it had 6070 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 185.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2016

Former Nossa Senhora do Bispo commune (until 2013)

2:3 image by , 18 Jan 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: communal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Vert, a tree eradicated Or fruited Gules, superimposed by a sinister bendy crozier and a bendy baton crowned by a patriarchal cross, all Argent and in saltire, in chief a pomegranate Or seeded Gules and crowned by a crosslet Sable, in base a throughout bridge Argent masoned Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "NOSSA SENHORA DO BISPO".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 22 July 2004
Source: communal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2016

Presentation of Nossa Senhora do Bispo

Nossa Senhora do Bispo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Montemor-o-Novo Municipality (q.v.); it had 4931 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 124.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2016

Former Silveiras commune (until 2013)

2:3 image by , 18 Jan 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source:
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Or a menhir Sable garnished Or, surrounded by a branch of blackberry and a branch of vine, both Vert fruited Purpure and tied Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "SILVEIRAS".
Meaning: "Silveiras" means "blackberry hedges". The blackberry branch is thus a canting element.
Source: communal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 22 May 2002
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2016

Presentation of Silveiras

Silveiras Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Montemor-o-Novo Municipality (q.v.); it had 567 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 102.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Jan 2016

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