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Couto de Esteves Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Couto de Esteves, Concelho de Sever do Vouga, Distrito de Aveiro

Last modified: 2014-08-02 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Couto de Esteves commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 1 Sep 2010
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About the Flag

It is a fairly typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a background quartered of white and green (town rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Sep 2010

Coat of arms

[Couto de Esteves commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 1 Sep 2010

The arms are Vert on a fess wavy Argent two barrulets wavy Azure between a pair of palms Argent in chief crossed at their stems and two traditional corn barns Or griddled Argent and garnished sable seen headfront set per fess . Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "COUTO DE ESTEVES".
Meaning:

António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Sep 2010

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 2000.10.06
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Sep 2010

Presentation of Couto de Esteves

Couto de Esteves Commune is one of the seven communes of Sever do Vouga Municipality (q.v.); it had 1300 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 16,95 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Sep 2010

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