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![[Izeda, Calvelhe e Paradinha Nova united commune]](../images/p/pt-bgcic1.gif)
approx. 2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 July 2016
It is a mere approx. 2:3 white cloth with the arms of the three pre-2013 communes on it, the arms of Izeda in the middle, closer to the top, the other two lower: the arms of Calvelhe at the hoist, and the arms of Paradinha Nova at the fly. Photographic evidence shows that the reverse of the flag is the obverse's mirror image, with unreadable text, an unavoidable feature of screen printing on thin fabric.
This design matches the continued use of the three arms and may be seen as temporary: Either awaiting official, unified symbols, or hoping for the undoing of (some of) the 2013 commune mergers.
This flag design is utterly unacceptable for the Comissão de Heráldica da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses (CHAAP), for which a single coat of arms for each commune is a fundamental requirement.
It has, and it was not a golden moment in vexillography. Behold this photo from July 2015, showing it in very official use in a public event, along with the municipal flag and national flag, by the hand of the communal government president.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 July 2016
![[Izeda commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcic-iz.gif)
2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 July 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and red.
Source: Sergio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 July 2016
![[Izeda commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcic-iz).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 27 July 2016
Shield Vert, an olive tree eradicated Argent fruited Sable, flanked by two wheat garbs Or tied Gules, in chief a rose Or seeded Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "IZEDA".
Available imagery suggests that the arms in use included a depiction of the scroll that had already fell out of use in 1999, stemming probably from a much earlier image, that had been circulated long before the officialization of the arms. This resembles the "normal", most usual scroll, used nowadays for longer toponyms (even though "Izeda" is quite short), e.g. here with golden scroll or here with white scroll. My image makes use of the most usual scroll design, lacking, for now, more specific information.
Sources: this webpage and here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 July 2016
Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 10 March 1999
António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 July 2016
Izeda Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Bragança Municipality; it had 1006 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 34.1 km².
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 July 2016
![[Calvelhe commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcic-cv.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 22 June 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sergio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 June 2016
![[Calvelhe commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcic-cv).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta,22 June 2016
Shield Argent, three castles Sable masoned Or with port and windows Azure set two and one. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "CALVELHE - BRAGANÇA".
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 June 2016
Flag and arms published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 January 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 June 2016
Calvelhe Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Bragança Municipality; it had 97 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 22.6 km².
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 22 June 2016
![[Paradinha Nova commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcic-pn.gif)
2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Nov 2023
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sergio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Nov 2023
![[Paradinha Nova commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcic-pn).gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 27 July 2016
Shield Argent, a common cuckoo Proper perched on a beehive Purpure emphasized Argent, in orle two olive branches Vert fruited Sable with their stems per saltire and tied Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "PARADINHA NOVA".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 July 2016
Flag and arms published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 May 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 July 2016
Paradinha Nova Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Bragança Municipality; it had 109 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 16.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Aug 2016
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