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# Mealhada, Ventosa do Bairro e Antes United Commune (Portugal)

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Last modified: 2026-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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## União das Freguesias de Mealhada, Ventosa do Bairro e Antes, Concelho de Mealhada, Distrito de Aveiro

2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

- Mealhada, Ventosa do Bairro e Antes United Commune

- Flag
- Coat of Arms

- Former Mealhada Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Mealhada

- Former Ventoso do Bairro Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Ventoso do Bairro

- Former Antes Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Antes

See also:

- Mealhada Municipality
- Portugal
- Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

## Mealhada, Ventosa do Bairro e Antes United Commune

### Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

### Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 19 Apr 2026

Shield Argent, a suckling pig Gules in fess, transfixed by a spear Sable, surrounded by an eradicated vine plant Vert fructed Purpure, in chief a millstone Sable, flanked by two dolmens Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE MEALHADA (1st line) VENTOSA DO BAIRRO E ANTES (2nd line)".
Meaning:
The coat of arms repeats that one of former Mealhada commune (see below), the charges added in chief are representing former Ventoso do Bairro commune (millstone) and former Antes commune (dolmens).
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 1 August 2014, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Apr 2026

### Former Mealhada Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 4 Feb 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

#### Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, a suckling pig Gules in fess, transfixed by a spear Sable, surrounded by a n eradicated vine plant Vert fruited Purpure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FREGUESIA DE MEALHADA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 March 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

#### Presentation of Mealhada

Mealhada Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Mealhada Municipality; it had 4522 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

### Former Ventoso do Bairro Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 4 Feb 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

#### Coat of Arms

Shield Vert with base wavy of Argent and Azure, issuant from base a throughout bridge Argent masoned Sable, above the bridge a millstone Or, flanked in chief by two grapevines Or leaved Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "VENTOSA DO BAIRRO".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 4 April 2000
>Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

#### Presentation of Ventoso do Bairro

Ventoso do Bairro Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Mealhada Municipality; it had 1002 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

### Former Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

#### Coat of Arms

Shield Gules, a bend sinister wavy Argent, charged with two bendlets sinister wavy Azure, in dexter chief a vine plant Argent with four grapevines Or, in dexter base two dolmens Or ordered per bend sinister. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll (Bénard Guedes style) with inscription in black capitals "ANTES".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 9 July 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

#### Presentation of Antes

Antes Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Mealhada Municipality; it had 933 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Feb 2017

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