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Rendufe Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Rendufe, Concelho de Amares, Distrito de Braga

Last modified: 2014-08-30 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Rendufe commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 16 July 2009
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 July 2009

Coat of arms

[Rendufe commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 16 July 2009

The arms are Or a lion rampant Gules holding a crozier Gules, a spindle Sable garnished Argent and a mattock Azure, all three set per chevron, on base wavy Azure a barrulet Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "RENDUFE - AMARES".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 July 2009

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 2003.01.28
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 July 2009

Presentation of Rendufe

Rendufe Commune is one of the 16 communes of Amares Municipality (q.v.); it had 1126 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 3,00 km². This is one of three communes of the same name in Portugal (recently we had here the diminutive, Rendufinho); the sequence "ufe" is uncommon in Portuguese, and there are 12 communes (among 4261) including it.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 July 2009

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