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# Barqueiros Commune (Portugal)

## Freguesia de Barqueiros, Concelho de Mesão Frio, Distrito de Vila Real

Last modified: 2026-07-25 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: barqueiros(mesao frio) | barco rabelo | base(wavy) |
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- Barqueiros Commune

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Barqueiros

See also:

- Mesão Frio Municipality
- Portugal
- Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

## Barqueiros Commune

### Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Sep 2024

### Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 1 July 2026

Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent; sailing on base a freight ship (barco rabelo) Sable, garnished Or and rigged Gules, transporting two barrels Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "BARQUEIROS - MESÃO FRIO"
Source: this webpage
Meaning:
The word "barqueiros" means "boatmen": these arms are partly canting.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2017 and António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 July 2026

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 8 August 2005, see here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2017

### Presentation of Barqueiros

Barqueiros is one of the five communes of Mesão Frio Municipality; it had 537 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 4,76 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2017

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