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Constantim e Cicouro (Custantin i Cicuiro) United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Constantim e Cicouro, Concelho de Miranda do Douro (Cunceilho de Miranda de L Douro), Distrito de Bragança

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Introduction of Constantim e Cicouro

Constantim e Cicouro (Custantin i Cicuiro) was established, when the villages of Constantim (Custantin) and Cicouro (Cicuiro) merged in 2013. The names in brackets are Mirandese, the local language.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Feb 2016
It should be noted that this amalgamation bring the matters to the state of 1864-1930, when Constantim was annexed to Cicouro. Law 27.424 published on 31 December 1936 inDiário da República created (or reestablished) Constantim as an independent commune; the current situation seems to have inverted preponderance of one village over the other, though.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2016

Former Constantim Commune (until 2013)

[Constantim (Custantin) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 May 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
phone call from António Martins-Tuválkin to the commune's government President
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 May 2016

Coat of Arms

[Constantim (Custantin) commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 23 Feb 2016

Shield Argent two pitchforks Azure per saltire between two traditional shrovetide/carnival masks Proper, in chief a bagpipe Gules set in fess and emphasized Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "CONSTANTIM - MIRANDA do DOURO". In spite of the bilingual status (enshrined in the Constitution of 1999), the scroll of the arms is not bilingual, according to the law (signed in 2007).
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Feb 2016

The commune had its arms and flag approved by the Comissão de Heráldica da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses (CHAAP) in 2007 but apparently never officialized (i.e., published in the official journal Diário da Repúblicaafter rubberstamped by the parliament). The CHAAP's "assessment" (parecer) was issued on 2007.01.09
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Feb 2016

Presentation of Constantim

Constantim (Custantin) Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Miranda do Douro Municipality; it had 109 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 22,2 km². Like all toponyms in the municipality, this commune has two names: Constantim in Portuguese and Custantin in Mirandese (the local syncretic Asturian-Leonese dialect complex, co-official language of Portugal and given a standard orthography); each is the translation of the other and both are an untranslatable, apparently almost meaningless toponym.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Feb 2016

Former Cicouro Commune (until 2013)

Hiperglobal webpage displays just an empty shield. The commune had no proper symbols.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2016

Presentation of Cicouro

Cicouro (Cicuiro) Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Miranda do Douro Municipality; it had 95 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 14,5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2016

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