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# Paços de Ferreira Commune (Portugal)

## Freguesia de Paços de Ferreira, Concelho de Paços de Ferreira, Distrito do Porto

Last modified: 2026-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: pacos de ferreira(freguesia) | modelos | barrulet(wavy) | oak | cross(templars) | cross(bottony;calvary) | angle steel | cross(wayside) | grapevine | saw blade |
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2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2017

- Paços de Ferreira Commune

- Flag
- Former Flag (1999 - 2015)
- Coat of Arms
- Coat of Arms (1999 - 2015)
- Presentation of Paços de Ferreira

- Former Modelos Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Modelos

See also:

- Paços de Ferreira Municipality
- Portugal
- Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

## Paços de Ferreira Commune

### Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and white.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2017

### Former Flag (1999 - 2015)

2:3, speculative image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2017

### Coat of Arms

2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 22 Apr 2026

Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, an eradicated oak Vert acorned Proper, in dexter chief a cross patty rounded Gules, in sinister chief a cross bottony calvary Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and yellow scroll with inscription in black capitals "FREGUESIA DE PAÇOS DE FERREIRA".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2017

### Coat of Arms (1999 - 2015)

Shield Or, an eradicated oak Vert, in chief a cross patty rounded Gules, flanked by two angle steels Sable, in base two barrulets wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and yellow scroll with inscription in black capitals "FREGUESIA DE PAÇOS DE FERREIRA".
Source: this obsolete webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2017

The former symbols were published in Diário da República: III Série on 28 May 1999. The new symbols were Published in Diário da República: II Série on 5 June 2015, before presented on occasion of an anniversary on 21 May 2015, see here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on
António Martins-Tuválkin,

### Presentation of Paços de Ferreira Commune

Paços de Ferreira Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Paços de Ferreira Municipality; it had 7491 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 3.9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2017

### Former Modelos Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, speculative image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2017

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: this image
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2017

#### Coat of Arms

Shield Sable, a wayside cross Argent, flanked by a grapevine Purpure leafed Or at dexter and a circular saw blade Or at sinister, in base a bar wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "MODELOS - PAÇOS DE FERREIRA".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2017

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 16 January 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2017

#### Presentation of Modelos

Modelos Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Paços de Ferreira Municipality; it had 1594 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2.1 km². It was incorporated into Paços de Ferreira commune in 2013.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Apr 2017

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