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Parada do Monte e Cubalhão United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2015-07-28 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Parada do Monte e Cubalhão, Concelho de Melgaço, Distrito de Viana do Castelo


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Former Parada do Monte commune (until 2013)

[Parada do Monte commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by , 28 July 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Sable with base wavy of Argent and Azure, a hut Argent masoned Sable and roofed Or, in chief a lion rampant Or armed and collared Gules and holding a crozier Or in his forepaws. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank)and white scroll with inscription in black initials "PARADA DO MONTE".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2015

Draft of flag and arms made by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes, approved on 5 September 2006 by Comissão de Heráldica da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses (CHAAP)
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2015


Presentation of Parada do Monte

Parada do Monte Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Melgaço Municipality (q.v.); it had 370 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 27.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2015


Former Cubalhão commune (until 2013)

I couldn't find any flag information
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2015

Coat of arms

[Cubalhão(Melgaço) commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 28 July 2015

Shield Vert with base wavy of Argent and Azure, a Marian crown Or between two corn cobs of the same. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank)and white scroll with inscription in black initials "CUBALHÃO - MELGAÇO".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2015

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 13 August 2012
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2015


Presentation of Cubalhão

Cubalhão Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Melgaço Municipality (q.v.); it had 156 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2015


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