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Rio Torto e Lagarinhos United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Rio Torto e Lagarinhos, Concelho de Gouveia, Distrito da Guarda

See also:

Rio Torto e Lagarinhos United Commune

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Feb 2025

Former Rio Torto Commune (until 2013)

Flag


[Rio Torto (Gouveia) commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 17 Feb 2025

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Feb 2025

Coat of Arms


[Rio Torto (Gouveia) commune CoA (until 2013)] image by António Martins-Tuválkin andSérgio Horta, 17 Feb 2025

Shield Purple on a chevron wavy Argent a chevronel wavy Azure, in dexter chief an estoile Argent, in sinister chief a grape bunch Or leafed Argent, in base a distaff Or threaded Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "RIO TORTO - GOUVEIA".
Meaning:
The phrase "rio torto" means "crooked river"; the arms are therefore canting.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Feb 2025

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 8 March 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Feb 2025

Presentation of Rio Torto

Rio Torto was one of the 12 communes of Gouveia Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 463 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 8,55 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Feb 2025

Former Lagarinhos Commune (until 2013)

Flag


[Lagarinhos commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 12 Feb 2025

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Feb 2025

Coat of Arms


[Lagarinhos commune CoA (until 2013)] image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 12 Feb 2025

Shield Argent a wine press Gules, flanked in chief by two olive twigs Vert fruited Sable, base wavy Azure semy of wavelets Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "LAGARINHOS".
Meaning:
These arms are partly canting, as this toponym is the hypochoristic plural of "lagar", meaning "press", as in either "wine press" or "olive press". Given the olives also in the arms, one would think it is meant to be the latter, but the blazon states clearly "prensa de vinho". The word "prensa" means "press" proper, while "lagar" refers to the whole facility, albeit often means also the former, through synecdoche.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Feb 2025

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 25 January 2002
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Feb 2025

Presentation of Lagarinhos

Lagarinhos was one of the 12 communes of Gouveia Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 443 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10,8 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Feb 2025

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