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![[Arco de Baúlhe e Vila Nune united commune flag]](../images/p/pt-cbcav.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of blue and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
Shield Argent, issuant from base wavy Azure, charged with a barrulet wavy Argent carrying two fish Gules, a throughout bridge Sable masoned Or with one arch, on dexter chief point a grape bunch Purpure leafed Vert, on sinister chief point a triplet of flax plants Azure stemmed Vert in fan. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE" (1st line) "ARCO DE BAÚLHE E VILA NUNE" (2nd line).
Please note that the plant is blazoned completely as Vert, but all images show blossoms Azure.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 1 September 2015
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
Arco de Baúlhe e Vila Nune is one of the four communes of Cabeceiras de Basto Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 1950 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 9,04 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
![[Arco de Baúlhe commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cbcav-ac.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of blue and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
Shield Argent, issuant from base wavy Azure, charged with a barrulet wavy Argent, a throughout bridge Sable masoned Or with one arch, on central chief a saw Gules in bend, flanked by a pair of triplets of flax plants Azure stemmed Vert in fan, tied Azure. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "ARCO DE BAÚLHE".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
Published in Diário da República: I Série on 16 August 1991, confirmed Diário da República: III Série on 4 February 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
Arco de Baúlhe was one of the nine communes of Cabeceiras de Basto Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 1669 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,47 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
![[Vila Nune commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cbcav-vn.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
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, 17 Dec 2024
Shield Azure a bend wavy Argent, charged with three fish Gules, on sinister chief point a saltire Or, on dexter navel point a grape bunch Or leafed Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILA NUNE".
Meaning:
The saltire is an attribute of St. Andrew, the local patron saint.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 28 January 2008
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
Vila Nune was one of the nine communes of Cabeceiras de Basto Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 379 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,56 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
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