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Rio de Couros e Casal dos Bernados United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2015-05-19 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: rio de couros | casal dos bernados | fess(wavy) | coronet | skin | bend(cistercian) | corn(cob) | pine(branch) |
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União das Freguesias de Rio de Couros e Casal dos Bernados, Concelho de Ourém, Distrito de Santarém


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Former Rio de Couros commune (until 2013)

[Rio de Couros commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Gules divided by a fess wavy Azure fimbriated Argent, in chief a coronet Or, in base two skins of leather Argent ordered fessy. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "RIO DE COUROS - OURÉM".
Meaning:
The name of the commune means "river of leathers", thus the fess wavy and the skins are canting.
Sources: districts of Portugal and Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 24 October 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2015


Presentation of Rio de Couros

Rio de Couros Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Ourém Municipality (q.v.); it had 1877 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 18.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2015


Former Casal dos Bernados commune (until 2013)

[Casal dos Bernados commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 15 May 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Vert, parted by a Cistercian bend, in sinister chief three corn cobs or ordered 2:1, in dexter base a branch of pine Or with three pine cones of the same. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CASAL DOS BERNARDOS - OURÉM".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 April 1995
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2015


Presentation of Casal dos Bernados

Casal dos Bernados Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Ourém Municipality (q.v.); it had 921 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 24.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2015


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