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Soutelo e Seara Velha United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Soutelo e Seara Velha, Concelho de Chaves, Distrito de Vila Real


[Soutelo e Seara Velha united commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 May 2024
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Soutelo e Seara Velha united commune

Flag

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, 3 May 2024

Coat of Arms


[Soutelo e Seara Velha united commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta,

Shield Azure a pilgrim´s staff Argent with its gourd Or tied Or flanked by two keys Argent in pale with their wards pointing upwards and inwards, issuant from base a mound Or charged with a snake Sable scaled Argent animated and langued Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE SOUTELO E SEARA VELHA".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 May 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 14 April 2015, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 May 2024

Presentation of Soutelo e Seara Velha

Soutelo e Seara Velha is one of the six communes of Chaves Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 461 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 18,12 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 May 2024

Former Soutelo Commune (until 2013)

Flag


[Soutelo (Chaves) commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 May 2024

It is a fairly unusual Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of blue and white.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 May 2024

Coat of Arms


[Soutelo (Chaves) commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 3 May 2024

Shield Or a fleur-de-lis Azure, flanked in chief two keys Gules in pale with their wards pointing upwards and inwards, issuant from the base a mound Sable charged with a snake Argent scaled Sable animated Gules and langued Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "SOUTELO - CHAVES".
Meaning:
The fleur-de-lis is an attribute of St. Mary, the local patron saint.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 May 2024

The symbols were established by the CHAAP on 6 May 2003, but never made official.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 May 2024

Presentation of Soutelo

Soutelo was one of the 14 communes of Chaves Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 350 inhabitants in 2021 and covered 8,86 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 May 2024

Former Seara Velha Commune (until 2013)

According to source the commune had no proper coat of arms and thus no proper flag.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 May 2024

Presentation of Seara Velha

Seara Velha was one of the 14 communes of Chaves Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 165 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 12,70 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 May 2024

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