Coruche, Fajarda e Erra Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Coruche, Fajarda e Erra, Concelho de Coruche, Distrito de Santarém

Last modified: 2014-08-23 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: erra | cross(tau) | arm(winged) | cross(avis) | apple | barrulet(wavy) |
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• Erra Commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Erra

• Coruche Municipality
• Portugal

Erra Commune (until 2013)

It is a fairly typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 June 2008

The arms are Argent in a ring Gules leaved vert a tau-cross Sable and in chief an arm proper dressed and winged Azure and a feather of the Same flanked at dexter by a cross fleury Vert (Avis Order ) and at sinister an apple Gules leaved Vert and in base on a barrulet Azure wavy a barrulet Argent wavy. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "ERRA".
Meaning:
This coat of arms seems gravid with symbolism, but I have no story to go with it; it will come up, eventually. "Erra" is some of the forms of the verb "errar" ("to err", "to miss", or "to make a mistake"): perhaps the arms holding a feather/dart is expected to miss its target?
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 June 2008

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 1997.06.20
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 June 2008

Presentation of Erra

Erra Commune is one of the six communes of Coruche Municipality (q.v.); it had 1129 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 62,30 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 June 2008

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