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![[Vilar da Veiga commune flag]](../images/p/pt-tbr.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 16 May 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 May 2025
![[Vilar da Veiga commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-tbr).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 16 May 2025
Shield Argent two Portuguese ibexes Sable garnished Or embowed statant respectant and surmounting each a coupeau Vert, issuant from flanches and from base wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, in chief a couped Greek cross Gules with its ends fitted each with three acorns Or capsuled Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers(village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILAR DA VEIGA"
Meaning:
The acorned red cross is an attribute of St. Anthony, for this being the patron saint of the Catholic parish this commune was created from. The animals are blazoned as wild goats, and refer to the Portuguese ibex (Latin: Capra pyrenaica lusitanica), as the last living member of this subspecies was spotted in the territory of this commune, in 1892 (and promptly shot at because of course it was), closing a century of population decline.
Sources: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage and English WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 May 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 13 August 1998
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 May 2025
Vilar da Veiga is one of the 11 communes of Terras de Bouro Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 1074 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 83,64 km² being, along with Campo do Gerês, one of the two communes in this municipality which make up its eastern half, containing vast highland areas of the Gerês National Park. Its territory also contains the town of Caldas do Gerês.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 May 2025
![[Termas do Gerês commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-tbrvv-tg.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 17 May 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and yellow .
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 May 2025
![[Termas do Gerês commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-tbrvv-tg).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin andSérgio Horta,
Shield Or a Portuguese ibex Sable garnished Argent embowed statant surmounting a mound Vert issuant from base, on both chief corners two fountains Gules playing Azure. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "TERMAS DO GERÊS".
Meaning:
The fountains are canting elements alluding to the local hot springs.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 May 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 19 August 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 May 2025
Termas do Gerês, also know as Caldas do Gerês or simply Gerês, was one of the former communes of Terras de Bouro Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 1105 inhabitants in 2015 . It was elevated to the rank of a town on 16 August 1991. It is a town within the territory of this commune, whose nominal seat is however a village (and whose arms show a mural crown with only three towers). While there are a few other cases that could be described like that, Caldas do Gerês is, as far as I know, unique in that there was an official grant of flag and arms.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 May 2025
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