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Gafanhoeira e Sabugueiro Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Gafanhoeira e Sabugueiro, Concelho de Arraiolos, Distrito de Évora

2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 10 Aug 2009
flag of former Gafanhoeira commune

Former Gafanhoeira Commune (until 2013)
Presentation of Gafanhoeira

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Former Gafanhoeira Commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Aug 2009

Coat of arms

image by Sérgio Horta, 10 Aug 2009

The arms are Purpure a rooster Or crested and barbed Gules and two cork oak twigs Argent acorned Argent capsuled Or, all set in chevron. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll "GAFANHOEIRA - SÃO PEDRO" reading in black upper case letters.
Meaning:
The word "gafanhoeira" can be interpreted to mean "leper colony" (from archaic "gafo", "leper") and thus the arms are not canting, depicting instead local produce and the animal-symbol of the patron saint (St. Peter) of the Catholic parish from which the commune was originally developed.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Aug 2009

Flag and arms authored by Eduardo Lourenço Brito; adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 1999.02.04
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Aug 2009

Presentation of Gafanhoeira

Gafanhoeira Commune (a.k.a. São Pedro de Gafanhoeira, São Pedro da Gafanhoeira, and Gafanhoeira - São Pedro) was one of the pre-2013 communes of Arraiolos Municipality (q.v.); it had 623 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 45,17 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Aug 2009

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