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Portela do Fojo e Machio Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Portela do Fojo e Machio, Concelho de Pampilhosa da Serra, Distrito de Coimbra

Last modified: 2017-02-25 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Portela do Fojo e Machio commune] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017

Coat of arms

Shield Or, an eradicated chestnut tree Vert, the nuts cracked Gules, flanked by two bees Sable garnished Argent, mural base Gules masoned Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "PORTELA DO FOJO - MACHIO".
Source: Pampilhosa da Serra municipal pages
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017


Presentation of Portela do Fojo e Machio

Portela do Fojo e Machio Commune is one of the eight communes of Pampilhosa da Serra Municipality; its parts had 507 inhabitants in 2011 and it covers 52.8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017


Former Portela do Fojo commune (until 2013)

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Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017

Coat of arms

[Portela do Fojo commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017

Shield Argent, an eradicated pine Vert with cones Or, flanked in chief by two bees Proper, mural base Gules masoned Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "PORTELA DO FOJO".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 19 July 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017


Presentation of Portela do Fojo

Portela do Fojo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Pampilhosa da Serra Municipality; it had 381 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 37.8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017


Former Machio commune (until 2013)

[Machio commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 20 Feb 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017

Coat of arms

Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, two millstones Azure ordered per fess, in chief a chestnut branch Vert with nuts cracked Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "MACHIO".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 October 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017


Presentation of Machio

Machio Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Pampilhosa da Serra Municipality; it had 126 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 15.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017


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