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Barco e Coutada United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2015-11-29 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: barco(covilha) | coutada | bridge | boat | corn(cob) | base(wavy) | pine | millstone |
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Former Barco commune (until 2013)

[Barco commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 21 Jan 2009

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Jan 2009

Coat of arms

[Barco commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 21 Jan 2009

The arms are Azure concrete (!) three-arch bridge Argent railed Argent and garnished Sable,issuant from a base wavy Argent charged with two barrulets wavy Azure, in chief a boat Argent garnished Sable flanked by two corn cobs Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BARCO - COVILHÃ".
Meaning:
The boat is a canting element, as "barco" is Portuguese for "ship" or "boat".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Jan 2009

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 October 2004
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Jan 2009


Presentation of Barco

Barco Commune is one of the 21 communes of Covilhã Municipality (q.v.); it had 576 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 15,18 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Jan 2009


Former Coutada commune (until 2013)

[Coutada commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by , 15 Nov 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Nov 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, two pine trees eradicated Vert ordered per fess, between them a millstone Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank)and white scroll with inscription in black initials "COUTADA"
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Nov 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 5 March 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Nov 2015


Presentation of Coutada

Coutada Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Covilhã Municipality (q.v.); it had 406 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Nov 2015


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