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Paião Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Paião, Concelho de Figueira da Foz, Distrito de Coimbra

Last modified: 2015-05-30 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Paião commune] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2015
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white and green.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Vert, a lyre Argent stringed Sable, in chief two open pairs of scissors Or ordered per fess, in base a plough Or. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "PAIÃO".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2015


Presentation of Paião

Paião Commune is one of the 14 communes of the Figueira da Foz municipality (q.v.); it had 2268 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 21.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2015


Former Borda do Campo commune (until 2013)

[Borda do Campo commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 23 May 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Vert charged with six rice sheaves Or, each one having three ears, ordered 3:3; base wavy of Argent and Azure, crowned by a flat boat Sable garnished Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "BORDA DO CAMPO"
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 25 October 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2015


Presentation of Borda do Campo

Borda do Campo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Figueira da Foz Municipality (q.v.); it had 847 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 9.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 May 2015


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