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Pontinha e Famões United Commune (Portugal)

Unãão das Freguesias de Pontinha e Famões, Concelho de Odivelas, Distrito de Lisboa

Last modified: 2014-11-08 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Famões commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 25 Sep 2010
flag of former Famões commune
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Former Famões Commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Sep 2010

Coat of arms

[Famões commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 25 Sep 2010

The arms are Vert a fess wavy Argent, in chief two windmill wheels Sable rigged and roped Or, in base a cow passant Argent spotted Sable. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading "FAMÕES - ODIVELAS" in black upper case letters.
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António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Sep 2010

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 5 March 2002
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Sep 2010

Presentation of Famões

Famões Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Odivelas Municipality (q.v.); it had 9008 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 4,69 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Sep 2010

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