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Meimão Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Meimão, Concelho de Penamacor, Distrito de Castelo Branco

Last modified: 2015-10-25 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: meimao | wheat(ear) | boar |
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[Meimão commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 1 Aug 2015
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Argent, four paly wheat ears Vert ordered per fess in chief, a boar passant Sable armed Gules in base. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "MEIMÃO".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2015

Former symbols (1992 - 1995)

[Meimão commune (1992-1995)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 1 Aug 2015

The former flag was quartered of red and white with centred arms. the coat of arms was the same as current with different colours: the wheat ears had been Or, the boar's colour had been auburn.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2015

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 18 November 1995, the former symbols on 9 December 1992
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2015

Presentation of Meimão

Meimão Commune is one of the nine communes of the Penamacor municipality (q.v.); it had 280 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 33.2 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Aug 2015

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