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The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 May 2025
![[Chamoim commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-tbrcv-cm.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 7 May 2025
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, 7 May 2025
![[Chamoim commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-tbrcv-cm).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin andSérgio Horta, 7 May 2025
Shield Azure two flames of Or and Gules set fesswise, in chief an escallop Argent, issuant from the flanches and from base wavy Argent, charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, a humpbridge Argent masoned Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "CHAMOIM".
Meaning:
Within the communal territory of Chamoim lies the settlement Sequeirós, which was the seat of a municipality extinct in the mid 19th., when it necessarily had the rank of town. Unlike in other such cases, the modern coat of arms of the emcompassing commune doesn´t have four visible towers in its mural crown.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage. The toponym chamoim seems cognate of "chama", a common noun meaning "flame". I strongly suspect that the actual etym is unrelated, folk etymology being what it is, so, if anything, these are punning charges, not canting. The escallop is likely for the local path of the St. James´ Way, which follows an ancient Roman highway. (Some communal arms in this area show include Roman milestones and other traffic signs.) It is also an attribute of St. James the Elder, the local patron saint.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 May 2025 / 8 May 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 7 November 2007, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 May 2025
Chamoim was one of the six communes of Terras de Bouro Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 291 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7,99 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 May 2025
![[Vilar (Terras de Bouro) commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-tbrcv-vr.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 7 May 2025
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, 7 May 2025
![[Vilar (Terras de Bouro) commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-tbrcv-vr).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 7 May 2025
Shield Vert a belfry Argent masoned Sable with two slots but with a bell Or only at dexter, in chief a dragon Or armed and langued and scaled Gules whith a cross Argent stuck down its gullet, on base wavy Argent a barrulet wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILAR - TERRAS DE BOURO".
Meaning:
The dragon with crosslet is an attribute of St. Marinha, the local patron saint. The belfry belongs to the local chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Liberation.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 May 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 5 June 2006
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 May 2025
Vilar was one of the six communes of Terras de Bouro Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 149 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,59 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 May 2025
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