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# Sande, Vilarinho, Barros e Gomide United Commune (Portugal)

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## União das Freguesias de Sande, Vilarinho, Barros e Gomide, Concelho de Vila Verde, Distrito de Braga

- Sande, Vilarinho, Barros e Gomide United Commune
- Former Sande Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Sande

- Former Vilarinho Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Vilarinho

- Former Barros Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Barros

- Former Gomide Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Gomide

See also:

- Vila Verde Municipality
- Portugal
- Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

## Sande, Vilarinho, Barros e Gomide United Commune

The commune has no proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Sep 2025

### Former Sande Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 18 Sep 2025

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field .
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Sep 2025

#### Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin andSérgio Horta, 18 Sep 2025

Shield Gules two flails Argent in saltire, in chief a palm frond Or, in base two hoe blades Or in fess. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "SANDE - VILA VERDE".
Meaning:
The palm frond is a symbol for martyrs, here probably refering to St. Eulalia, the local patron saint.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Sep 2025

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 17 May 2006
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Sep 2025

#### Presentation of Sande

Sande was one of the 37 communes of Vila Verde Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 591 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,39 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Sep 2025

### Former Vilarinho Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 21 Sep 2025

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field .
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Sep 2025

#### Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin andSérgio Horta, 21 Sep 2025

Shield Or on a fess Purple a pitch fork Or, in chief three maize ears Or leafed Vert in pale and arrayed per fess, in base a grape bunch Purple leafed Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILARINHO - VILA VERDE".
Meaning:
The word "vilarinho" is an hypochoristic of "vilar", meaning roughly "settlement", usually a village without its own church.
The pitch fork is however blazoned as a trident ("tridente" instead of "forquilha"). This is unexpected, as tridents are usually a heraldic stand-in for harpoons and this commune has a lot more of haygathering going around than big game fishing.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Sep 2025

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 23 August 2004
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Sep 2025

#### Presentation of Vilarinho

Vilarinho was one of the 37 communes of Vila Verde Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 410 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 1,55 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Sep 2025

### Former Barros Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 14 Jan 2026

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field .
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Sep 2025

#### Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin andSérgio Horta, 19 Sep 2025

Shield Or three maize ears Or (!) leafed Vert and three grape bunches Purple leafed Vert staggered and arrayed in two fesses, issuant from base a mound Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "BARROS - VILA VERDE".
Meaning:
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Sep 2025

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 7 April 2006 (with erroneously only two maize ears and grape bunches) and corrected in Diário da República: II Série on 10 October 2005, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Sep 2025

#### Presentation of Barros

Barros was one of the 37 communes of Vila Verde Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 269 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 3,35 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Sep 2025

### Former Gomide Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 20 Sep 2025

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field .
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Sep 2025

#### Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin andSérgio Horta, 20 Sep 2025

Shield Argent a gourd Gules cordoned Or, in chief a plough Gules, in base two Montpellier brooms Vert arrayed in saltire. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "GOMIDE".
Meaning:
The brooms (Latin: Genista monspessulana) probably refer to local flora.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Sep 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 11 October 2007, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Sep 2025

#### Presentation of Gomide

Gomide was one of the 37 communes of Vila Verde Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 228 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,02 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Sep 2025

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