Last modified: 2015-12-28 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: vilela(arcos de valdevez) | sao cosme e sao damiao | sa(arcos de valdevez) | base(wavy) | bridge | doublemount | rose | tower | palm(leaf) | keys(crossed) | geese(2) |
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![[Vilela (Arcos de Valdevez) commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-avvvs-ve.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 4 Jan 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Jan 2016
Shield Argent with base wavy of Argent and Azure, issuant from base a mountain Vert with two peaks and , in front of the mountain, a 2-arched bridge Argent masoned Sable, in chief a heraldic rose Gules seeded Or and barbed Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "VILELA - ARCOS DE VALDEVEZ".
Meaning:
The base wavy is representing Vez River, the name giver of the municipality.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Jan 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 5 November 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Jan 2016
Vilela Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Arcos de Valdevez Municipality (q.v.); it had 196 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 3.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Jan 2016
![[São Cosme e São Damião commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-avvvs-cd.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 4 Jan 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Jan 2016
Shield Vert, an embattled tower Argent masoned Sable with port and windows Gules, surrounded by two rounded palm leaves. In chief 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 initials "SÃO COSME E SÃO DAMIÃO".
Meaning:
The palm leaves probably are representing the name givers and patron saints of the commune. The bar wavy is representing Vez River, the name giver of the municipality.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Jan 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 8 January 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Jan 2016
São Cosme e São Damião Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Arcos de Valdevez Municipality (q.v.); it had 190 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 3.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Jan 2016
![[Sá (Arcos de Valdevez) commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-avvvs-sa.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Jan 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Jan 2016
Shield Azure with base wavy of Argent and Azure, two geese affront Argent armed Gules, in chief a pair of keys crossed per saltire tied Gules, the sinister bendy one Or and the bendy one Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "SÁ - ARCOS DE VALDEVEZ".
Meaning:
The keys usually are attributes of St. Peter and the geese of St. Martin. But I don't know, whether one of them is the local patron saint.
Source: Freguesias de Portugal
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Jan 2016
Survey made by Comissão de Heráldica da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses (CHAAP) on 27 May 2003, flag and arms approved by the local council on 2 December 2005, draft of flag and arms made by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Jan 2016
Sá Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Arcos de Valdevez Municipality (q.v.); it had 138 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Jan 2016
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