Oliveira de Frades Municipality (Portugal)

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On a gold field, a blue fleur de lys sided by two gold bees, on the cantons two black trumpets bellow blue-silver blue waves, four silver tower mural crown and a white scroll with the words in black "VILA DE OLIVEIRA DE FRADES". Quartered blue over black flag.
S�rgio Horta, 11 Dec 1999

"Oliveira de frades" means "friars�s olive tree", though neither can be seen on the arms.
Ant�nio Martins, 06 Sep 2001

This is a town that belongs to Viseu district has a 146 sq. km area, 12 freguesias (communes) and about 10 500 inhabitants.
S�rgio Horta, 29 Nov 1999

Oliveira de Frades is one of the three portuguese municipalities to have exclaves (excluding islands), the others being Vila Real de Santo Ant�nio (two pieces separated by strip of land bellonging to Castro Marim, both with coast line) and Montijo (the main though smaller part has coast line); no part of Oliveira de Frades has coast line.
Ant�nio Martins, 30 Oct 2001