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Baleizão Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Baleizão, Concelho de Beja, Distrito de Beja

Last modified: 2014-11-08 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Baleizão commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 21 Apr 2010
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Apr 2010

Coat of arms

[Baleizão commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 21 Apr 2010

The arms are Gules a harvester's hat Or, in chief two bull's heads Argent garnished Sable, in base a sickle Argent". Mural crown argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BALEIZÃO".
Meaning:
This village is noted for local farmhand Catarina Eufémia, shot by regime police during a peasant's upheaval in 1954, hat and the sickle on the arms may refer to this.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Apr 2010

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 15 November 1997
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Apr 2010


Presentation of Baleizão

Baleizão Commune is one of the 12 communes of Beja Municipality (q.v.); it had 1056 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 138,25 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Apr 2010


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