Last modified: 2016-02-24 by klaus-michael schneider
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Souselas e Botão United Commune was established in January 2013, when the independent former towns of Botão and Souselas merged.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Nov 2014
![[Botão commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cbrst-bo.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,
It is an untypical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and yellow (town rank).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2014
![[Botão commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cbrst-bo).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 15 Aug 2007
The arms are Or charged with a belfry Gules masoned Sable with two windows Or superimposed by a bell Sable each and flanked by two bunches of grape Proper in chief and two ears of grain Vert in base connected by a ribbon Gules. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BOTÃO".
Source: I spotted this flag on 27 September 2013 in the town hall of Coimbra.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2014
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 8 February 2002, published in .Diário da República: III Série
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2014
Botão was one of the 31 pre-2013 communes of Coimbra Municipality (q.v.); it had 1588 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 17,27 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2014
![[Souselas commune (1998 - 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cbrst-sl.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,
It is a fairly typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and white.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2014
![[Souselas town CoA (1998 - 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cbrst-sl).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 9 January 2009
The arms are Argent masoned Sable with a cross of Santiago Gules in central chief. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (usually meaning town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA DE SOUSELAS".
Source: I spotted this flag on 27 September 2013 in the town hall of Coimbra.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2014
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 14 September 1998, published in Diário da República: I Série.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2014
![[Souselas commune (1997 - 1998)]](../images/p/pt-cbrst-sl1.gif)
2:3 speculative image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 Sep 2014
It is a untypical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field quartered of purple and yellow.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2014
![[Souselas commune CoA (1997 - 1998)]](../images/p/pt-cbrst-sl1).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 9 January 2009
The arms are Or with a cross of Santiago Gules flanked by a bunch of grapes Proper on the dexter side and a black cogwheel on the sinister side.. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (usually meaning town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SOUSELAS - COIMBRA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2014
Flag and coat of arms were approved on 15 October 1997 and replaced on 14 September 1998. Before the village was upgraded to a town on 12 July 1997, published in Diário da República: I Série.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2014
Souselas was one of the 31 pre-2013 communes of Coimbra Municipality (q.v.); it had inhabitants in 2011 and covered km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2014
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