Arez e Amieira do Tejo Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Arez e Amieira do Tejo, Concelho de Nisa, Distrito de Portalegre

Last modified: 2014-08-09 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Arez Commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Arez

• Nisa Municipality
• Portugal

Arez Commune (until 2013)

It is a fairly typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a blue and yellow quartered field (town rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2008

The arms are Or an olive branch Vert fruited Sable between two heraldic fountains and in chief a cross Vert fleury (Avis Order Cross). Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "AREZ"
Meaning:
The fountains stand for the local Fadagosa springs and spa. (The English blazon above is a direct translation from the official text, although the arms in use have thebranch and the cross simply placed in pale, forming a cross with the two fountains.)
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2008

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journalDiário da República: III Série in 2002.07.30.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2008

Presentation of Arez

Arez Commune was one of the 10 communes (since 2013 remained 7) of Nisa Municipality (q.v.); it had 362 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 55,72 km². In 2013 it merged with Amieira do Tejo Commune.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 May 2008 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Aug 2014

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