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Castro Verde e Casével United Commune (Portugal)

União das Freguesias de Castro Verde e Casével, Concelho de Castro Verde, Distrito de Beja

Last modified: 2015-04-18 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: castro verde(freguesia) | casevel(castro verde) | cork oak | quinas(5) | horn | millstone |
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Former Castro Verde commune (until 2013)

[Castro Verde commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 1 June 2006

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 June 2006

Coat of arms

The shield is Argent, issuant from a base sable charged with a fess or a cork oak vert, below five escutcheons azure set in cross each charged with eleven plates set 3:2:3:2:1 (Portugal ancient). Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "FREGUESIA DE CASTRO VERDE".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 June 2006

Arms and flag approved by law of 4 February 1998.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 June 2006


Presentation of Castro Verde

Castro Verde Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Castro Verde Municipality (q.v.); it had 4898 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 299.53 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2015


Former Casével commune (until 2013)

[Casével commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white and blue.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Azure, two hunting horns Or with tassels Argent affronty and ordered per fess, in central chief an archaeological excavation, a man's head Argent, in base a millstone Argent. Mural crown with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CASÉVEL - CASTRO VERDE".
Source: Castro Verde Municipality
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 15 November 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2015


Presentation of Casével

Casével Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Castro Verde Municipality (q.v.); it had 448 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 23.24 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2015


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