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Bornes e Burga United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Bornes e Burga, Concelho de Macedo de Cavaleiros, Distrito de Bragança

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Former Bornes commune (until 2013)

[Bornes commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by , 31 Mar 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 Mar 2016

Coat of arms

[Bornes commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 31 Mar 2016

Shield Argent, a deer passant Gules armed Sable, in chief two chestnut twigs Vert its fruits split Gules, issuant from base a mound of two coupeaux. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BORNES". The shape of the scroll is the one favoured by heraldrist José Bénard Guedes.
Meaning:
The symbolism of these charges is trivial, the mound standing for the mountain range Serra de Bornes, eponymous to the commune.
Sources: heraldry page of communal webpage and this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 Mar 2016

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 10 November 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 Mar 2016

Presentation of Bornes

Bornes Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality; it had 390 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 18.8 km².

  • Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

    • António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 Mar 2016

    Former Burga commune (until 2013)

    [Burga commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 26 Mar 2016

    It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and white.
    António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Mar 2016

    Coat of arms

    [Burga commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 26 Mar 2016

    Shield honeycomb Or, a fess Gules masoned Argent between two fountains. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BURGA".
    Source: this webpage
    António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Mar 2016

    Flag and arms promulgated by the communal government Edict 923/2010 on 30 August 2010 and published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 September 2010
    Source: Diário da República
    António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Mar 2016

    Presentation of Burga

    Burga Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality; it had 53 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7.4 km².

  • Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

    • António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Mar 2016

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