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# Ponte de Sor, Tramaga e Vale de Açor United Commune (Portugal)

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Last modified: 2026-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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## União das Freguesias de Ponte de Sor, Tramaga e Vale de Açor, Concelho de Ponte de Sor, Distrito de Portalegre

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2025

- Ponte de Sor, Tramaga e Vale de Açor United Commune

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Ponte de Sor, Tramaga e Vale de Açor

- Former Ponte de Sor Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Ponte de Sor

- Former Tramaga Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Tramaga

- Former Vale de Açor Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Vale de Açor

See also:

- Ponte de Sor Municipality
- Portugal
- Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

## Ponte de Sor, Tramaga e Vale de Açor United Commune

### Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and white.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2025

### Coat of Arms

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2025

Shield Argent, issuant from base wavy of Azure and Argent a throughout bridge Gules with three arches, on fess point a mountain-ash Vert eradicated Vert blossomed Or, on central chief point a goshawk volant Maron holding a partridge of the same by his claws. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE PONTE DE SOR, TRAMAGA E VALE DE AÇOR".
Meaning:
All elements are canting, referring to the preceding communes. The bridge (Portuguese: ponte) is taken from the arms of the former Ponte de Sor Commune. The mountain-ash (Portuguese: tramago) is taken from the arms of the former namesake commune. The goshawk (Portuguese: açor) is taken from the arms of the former Vale de Açor Commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 29 October 2014, see here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2025

### Presentation of Ponte de Sor, Tramaga e Vale de Açor

Ponte de Sor, Tramaga e Vale de Açor is the only commune of Ponte de Sor Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 10506 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 331,71 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Mar 2025

### Former Ponte de Sor Commune (- 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 31 Jan 2015

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, 31 Jan 2015

#### Coat of Arms

image by Sérgio Horta, 31 Jan 2015

Shield Argent, in central chief a cogwheel Sable, flanked by two twigs of oak Vert fructed Or, all over a base wavy of Azure and Argent, above the base a bridge Gules issuant with three arches. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black capitals "FREGUESIA DE PONTE DE SOR".
Drafts designed by António Manuel Neves Policarpo
Meaning:
The bridge (Portuguese: ponte) is a canting element. The base wavy is a representation of the name giving Sor River.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Jan 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 May 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Jan 2015

#### Presentation of Ponte de Sor

Ponte de Sor was one of the three communes of Ponte de Sor Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 8943 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 170,42 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Jan 2015

### Former Tramaga Commune (- 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 31 Jan 2015

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, 31 Jan 2015

#### Coat of Arms

image by Sérgio Horta, 22 Feb 2015

Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, the wave Argent superimposed by two red fish respectant, in centre a flower eradicated, leafed Vert and blossomed Or, a canting element ."tramaga" (also "tamarga", "amargueira" and "tramagueira") is the Portuguese name of the African tamarisk Tamarix african Poir.). The African tamarisk is a Mediterranean shrub growing in coastal areas of Algeria, Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Italy (Sardinia and Sicily included), France (Corsica included) and Dalmatia. The representation of the "tramaga" on the arms is quite different from the real plant, which is not uncommon in heraldry. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black capitals: "TRAMAGA". The plant might be a mountain-ash (Latin: Sorbus aucuparia) as well.
Drafts designed by António Manuel Neves Policarpo
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Ivan Sache and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Feb 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 8 September 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Jan 2015

#### Presentation of Tramaga

Tramaga was one of the three communes of Ponte de Sor Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 1533 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 97,16 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Jan 2015

### Former Vale de Açor Commune (- 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 31 Jan 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Jan 2015

#### Coat of Arms

image by Sérgio Horta, 22 Feb 2015

Shield Or, base wavy of Azure and Argent, above a bridge issuant Gules, above a goshawk impending Maron holding a partridge of the same in his right claw, in chief ordered per fess three berries Vert, probably mulberries (the Portuguese name for blackberries however is the same). Mulberries and blackberries are totally unrelated from a botanical point of view, but their fruit are very similar - accordingly, they are known under the same name in several languages. According to the species, mulberries can be white, red or black. They are, usually, more elongated than blackberries. Here it is impossible to conclude from the heraldic illustration, which is not expected (or even, should not) to represent the berries as they are. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black capitals "VALE DE AÇOR".
Meaning:
The goshawk (Portuguese: açor) is a canting (the name means: valley of goshawk) element, in the past there had been many nests of goshawks in the commune. The berries are representing three trees having been planted in 1914 by children of the local primary school alongside the main street. The bridge is connecting the two parts of the commune. The base refers to a billabong or channel of the Sor River.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Ivan Sache and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Feb 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 3 November 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Jan 2015

#### Presentation of Vale de Açor

Vale de Açor was one of the three communes of Ponte de Sor Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 700 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 66,1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Jan 2015

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