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Gaeiras Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Gaeiras, Concelho de Óbidos, Distrito de Leiria

Last modified: 2016-03-19 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Gaeiras commune] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Oct 2014
flag of former commune
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain field quartered of yellow and green.
Source: Gazeta das Caldas (newspaper), edition 22 October 2014
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Oct 2014

Coat of arms

[Gaeiras commune CoA] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Oct 2014

Shield Vert, four charges set in cross, in central chief a windmill's wheel Or rigged Argent, at dexter a pair of forks (or mattocks) Argent crossed per saltire, at sinister a bunch of grapes Or leaved Argent, in base a bird Or garnished Sable, perhaps an oriole. Mural crown Argent (town rank) with four visible towers and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA DE GAEIRAS" or simply, as on flag, "GAEIRAS
Source: Óbidos municipal webpage

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Oct 2014

Presentation of Gaeiras

Gaeiras is one of the nine communes Óbidos Municipality, it covers 10.2 km² and had 2 331 inhabitants in 2011.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Oct 2014

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