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![[Carvalheira commune flag]](../images/p/pt-tbrca.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 6 May 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 May 2025
![[Carvalheira commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-tbrca).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 6 May 2025
Shield Vert two oak twigs Argent fructed Gules set fesswise, in chief a helicon Argent, issuant from flanches and from base wavy Argent, charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, a two-arch hump bridge Or masoned Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "CARVALHEIRA - TERRAS DE BOURO".
Meaning:
The word "carvalheira" is an unclear cognate of "carvalho" (an oak). The arms are therefore partly canting.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 May 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 6 JUly 2005,
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 May 2025
Carvalheira is one of the 11 communes of Terras de Bouro Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 292 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 9,93 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 May 2025
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