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Chavães Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Chavães, Concelho de Tabuaço, Distrito de Viseu

2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 17 Mar 2025

Chavães Commune

Flag
Coat of Arms
Presentation of Chavães

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Chavães Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and white.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Mar 2025

Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta,

Shield Argent two pine trees eradicated Vert fructed Gules and bleeding resin Or into tapping pots Gules, in chief an royal coronet Azure bejewelled Or, in base a rabbit couchant Sable spotted Argent and animated 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 "CHAVÃES"
Meaning:
The crown represents King Dom Afonso III, who confirmed the charter given to the village of Chavães by its possessors, members of the Azevedo kin. The resin pines represent the pine forest of Chavães, a source of raw material for an important economic activity practiced in the parish: forest exploitation. The rabbit represents the hunting area of Chavães, where rabbit, partridge and hare abound.
Sources: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage and Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Mar 2025 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2025

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 22 July 2004
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Mar 2025

Presentation of Chavães

Chavães is one of the nine communes of Tabuaço Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 299 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 9,94 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Mar 2025

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