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# Oleiros e Amieira United Commune (Portugal)

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Last modified: 2026-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: oleiros(freguesia) | amieira(oleiros) | cross(maltese) | flax(branch) | trout | pine(branch) | strawberry tree(branch) | crow |
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## União das Freguesias de Oleiros e Amieira , Concelho de Oleiros, Distrito de Castelo Branco

2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 26 Feb 2026

- Oleiros e Amieira United Commune

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Oleiros e Amieira

- Former Oleiros Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Oleiros

- Former Amieira Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Amieira

See also:

- Oleiros Municipality
- Portugal
- Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

## Oleiros e Amieira United Commune

### Flag

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, 26 Feb 2026

### Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 26 Feb 2026

Shield Gules, on a bend sinister wavy Argent a bendlet sinister wavy Azure, in dexter chief a Maltese cross and in base sinister a pine twig Or fructed Argent. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "OLEIROS - AMIEIRA".
Meaning:
The cross and waves are taken from the arms of Oleiros and the pine twig from those of Amieira.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Feb 2026

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 18 November 2016, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Feb 2026

### Presentation of Oleiros e Amieira

Oleiros e Amieira is one of the two communes of Oleiros Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes; it had 2080 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 143,64 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Feb 2026

### Former Oleiros Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 3 Feb 2018 | 2:3, image by Sérgio Horta and Klaus-Michael Schneider, |  |

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
The colour of the Maltese cross in the arms is white according to this webpage (see right image above) and green according Sérgio Horta (see left image above).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2018

#### Coat of Arms

Shield Gules; two flax branches Or in saltire, flowered Or and seeded Vert; in chief a Maltese cross Argent; base wavy Argent, charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, charged with two trouts Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FREGUESIA DE OLEIROS".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 26 July 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2018

#### Presentation of Oleiros

## Presentation of

Oleiros Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Oleiros Municipality; it had 1995 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 115.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2018

### Former Amieira Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 3 Feb 2018

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2018

#### Coat of Arms

Shield Argent; at dexter a branch of pine; at sinister a branch of strawberry tree; both in pale, Vert and fruited Gules; in base a crow statant Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "AMIEIRA - OLEIROS".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 2 July 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2018

#### Presentation of Amieira

Amieira Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Oleiros Municipality; it had 118 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 28.2 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2018

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