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Leiria, Pousos, Barreira e Cortes Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Leiria, Pousos, Barreira e Cortes, Concelho de Leiria, Distrito de Leiria

2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 12 Sep 2009
flag of former Barreira commune

Former Barreira Commune (until 2013)
Presentation of Barreira

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Former Barreira Commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Sep 2009

Coat of arms

image by Sérgio Horta, 12 Sep 2009

The arms are Azure an olive branch Argent fruited Or per bend and crossing the base of its stem at the hilt a sword Argent hilted Or per bend sinister, in chief a Corinthian column's capital Or, on base wavy Argent two barrulets wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BARREIRA - LEIRIA".
Meaning:
"Barreira" means "clay pit", absent from the arms, which symbolize instead the local roman archeological remains, oliviculture, its historical strategical importance as a defense of Leiria city, and the local river Lena and its tributaries, according to this webpage.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Sep 2009

Flag adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 2000.10.26
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Sep 2009

Presentation of Barreira

Barreira Commune was one of the 29 pre-2013 communes of Leiria Municipality (q.v.); it had 3301 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 11,76 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Sep 2009

"Barreira тА" Leiria".

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