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Gavião e Atalaia United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Gavião e Atalaia, Concelho de Gavião, Distrito de Portalegra


[Gavião e Atalaia united commune flag] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Oct 2024
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Gavião e Atalaia United Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and green.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Oct 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Vert an embattled tower Argent masoned Gules with port and windows of the same, on chief a sparrowhawk Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and long white scroll, used for united communes, reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE GAVIÃO E ATALAIA".
Meaning:
The sparrowhawk (Portuguese: gavião) is a canting element and taken from the arms of the former namesake commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Oct 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 2 February 2016
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Oct 2024

Presentation of

is one of the eight communes of Guarda Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 1501 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 77,88 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Oct 2024

Former Gavião Commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Gavião commune flag (- 20139)] 2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 12 July 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 July 2016

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, two grape bunches Or in fess, each one surrounded by leaves Vert, in chief a sparrowhawk Gules armed Sable, in base an olive branch Vert fruited Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FREGUESIA DE GAVIÃO".
Meaning:
The sparrowhawk (Port.: gavião) is a canting element.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 July 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 29 October 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 July 2016

Presentation of

Gavião Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Gavião Municipality; it had 1609 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 77.9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 July 2016

Former Atalaia Commune (until 2013)

Presentation of

Atalaia Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Gavião Municipality; it had 138 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 19.4 km². As source just displays an empty shield, there probably had been no proper symbols.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 July 2016

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