Mortágua, Vale de Remígio, Cortegaça e Almaça United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-07-13 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Mortágua ,Vale de Remígio, Cortegaça e Almaça, Concelho de Mortágua, Distrito de Viseu

• Mortágua, Vale de Remígio, Cortegaça e Almaça United Commune
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Mortágua ,Vale de Remígio, Cortegaça e Almaça
• Former Mortágua Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Mortágua
• Former Vale de Remígio Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Vale de Remígio
• Former Cortegaça Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Cortegaça
• Former Almaça Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Almaça

• Mortágua Municipality
• Portugal

Mortágua, Vale de Remígio, Cortegaça e Almaça United Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024,

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure a wheat sheaf Or tied Gules, on orle ten pine cones Argent. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE MORTÁGUA, VALE DE REMÍGIO, CORTEGAÇA E ALMAÇA".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 9 March 2015
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Presentation of Mortágua, Vale de Remígio, Cortegaça e Almaça

Mortágua, Vale de Remígio, Cortegaça e Almaça is the only commune of Mortágua Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 3815 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 52,10 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Former Mortágua Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, on central chief point a Marian crown Or, on central base point an armillary sphere Argent, flanked by two pine twigs Or fruited Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "FREGUESIA DE MORTÁGUA".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 August 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Presentation of Mortágua

Mortágua was one of the four communes of Mortágua Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 2793 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 25,93 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Former Vale de Remígio Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent a fess chequered of Gules and Sable, between a pair of barrulets wavy Azure on chief and another pair of barrulets wavy Azure on base. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VALE DE REMÍGIO".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 12 March 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Presentation of Vale de Remígio

Vale de Remígio was one of the four communes of Mortágua Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 678 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6,69 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Former Cortegaça Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Or a pilgrim´s staff Sable in pale with two annexed canteens Gules, flanked by two eradicated corn plants Vert fruited Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "CORTEGAÇA - MORTÁGUA".
Meaning:
The staff is an attribute of St. James the Elder, the local patron saint, well known for pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 November 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Presentation of Cortegaça

Cortegaça was one of the four communes of Mortágua Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 437 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 12,68 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Former Almaça Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Or parted by a pall wavy Azure superimposed by a smaller pall wavy Argent, flanked on chief by three rye ears Vert tied Gules in fan and on flanches by two eradicated trees Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes, style reading in black upper case serifed letters "ALMAÇA".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 9 June 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

Presentation of Almaça

Almaça was one of the four communes of Mortágua Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 84 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6,81 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2024

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