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![[Cepões, Meijinhos e Melcões united commune flag]](../images/p/pt-lmgcm.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 9 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
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Dec 2024
![[Cepões, Meijinhos e Melcões united commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-lmgcm).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 9 Dec 2024
Shield Vert a cross calvary Argent accompanied in base and lanches by three tree stumps Or, in chief dexter a cross patty Argent, in chief sinister a crescent Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE CEPÕES, MEIJINHOS E MELCÕES".
Meaning:
The newly created arms are also themselves a hybrid of those previous ones — such as in this case: The stumps from Cepões, the main cross from Meijinhos, and the
chief canton charges from Melcões.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Dec 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 5 March 2015, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Dec 2024
Cepões, Meijinhos e Melcões is one of the four communes of Lamego Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 970 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 10,96 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Dec 2024
![[Cepões commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-lmgcm-cp.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 10 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
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Dec 2024
![[Cepões commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-lmgcm-cp).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin andSérgio Horta, 10 Dec 2024
Shield Vert a bell tower Argent masoned Sable with windows of th same with bell Or, accompanied in base and flanches by three tree stumps Or.
Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "CEPÕES - LAMEGO".
Meaning:
The word "cepões" is the plural of an augmentative of "cepo", meaning "stump", usually "tree stump". The arms are therefore partly canting.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Dec 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 22 August 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Dec 2024
Cepões was one of the ten communes of Lamego Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 860 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5,40 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Dec 2024
![[Meijinhos commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-lmgcm-mj.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 11 Dec 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Dec 2024
![[Meijinhos commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-lmgcm-mj).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 11 Dec 2024
Shield Or a cross Calvary Azure, issuant from a mound Vert and flanked by two chestnut boughs Vert with its burrs cracked Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "MEIJINHOS".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Dec 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 18 August 2009, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Dec 2024
Meijinhos was one of the ten communes of Lamego Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 86 inhabitants in 2021 and covered 2,99 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Dec 2024
![[Melcões commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-lmgcm-mc.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 12 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
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Dec 2024
![[Melcões commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-lmgcm-mc).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta,
Shield Azure a cedar eradicated Or, on chief dexter a cross patty Argent, on chief sinister a crescent Argent, issuant from base a mound Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "MELCÕES".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Dec 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 Dec 2003
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Dec 2024
Melcões was one of the ten communes of Lamego Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 256 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 1,25 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Dec 2024
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