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# Ardãos e Bobadela United Commune (Portugal)

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Last modified: 2026-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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## União das Freguesias de Ardãos e Bobadela, Concelho de Boticas, Distrito de Vila Real

2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 May 2024

- Ardãos e Bobadela United Commune

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Ardãos e Bobadela

- Former Ardãos Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Ardãos

- Former Bobadela Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Bobadela

See also:

- Boticas Municipality
- Portugal
- Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

## Ardãos e Bobadela United Commune

### Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: communal heraldry page
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 May 2024

### Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 June 2026

Shield Azure, issuant from base an embattled wall Argent (realised as grey) with port Sable, on centre two wheat sheaves Or in fess with five ears in fan each, on central chief a lozenge Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "ARDÃOS E BOBADELA".
Source: communal heraldry page
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 June 2026

### Presentation of Ardãos e Bobadela

Ardãos e Bobadela was one of the five communes in municipality Boticas created anew by the 2013 changes; the new commune had a population of 463 inhabitants as of 2021 and covers 37,12 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 June 2024

### Former Ardãos Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 June 2024 | 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 June 2024 |  |

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, 2 June 2024

#### Coat of Arms

image by Sérgio Horta, 2 June 2024 | image by Sérgio Horta, 2 June 2024 |  |

Shield Azure parted by a saltire Argent accompanied by three wheat ears Or and in base by a wheel Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "ARDÃOS". For the approved symbols see left images above, for the proposed symbols see right images above.
Meaning:
The saltire is an attribute of St. Andrew, the local patron saint.
The official communal website shows a rejected proposal maybe as a conscious act of defiance, or just because nobody cared to update it. And the same for the use of this flag in 2007-2012: Was the official colour Argent or the proposed colour Or used? And, if the latter, then why? Or both where used, maybe? We dont know.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 June 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 8 June 2007, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin,

#### Presentation of Ardãos

Ardãos was one of the 11 communes of Boticas municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 249 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 22,43 km²
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 June 2024

### Former Bobadela Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 22 May 2009

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field (village rank).
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2009

#### Coat of Arms

image by Sérgio Horta, 22 May 2009

Shield Argent a local barroso-breed cow passant proper, in chief two lozenges Gules, in base wavy Azure a fess wavy Argent charged with a trout Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BOBADELA - BOTICAS".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2009

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 7 May 2003
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2009

#### Presentation of Bobadela

Bobadela was until 2013 one of the communes of Boticas Municipality; formerly named Bobadela do Barroso; it had 354 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 14,78 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 May 2009

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