Vale de Anta Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Vale de Anta, Concelho de Chaves, Distrito de Vila Real

Last modified: 2024-05-19 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: vale de anta | dolmen |
Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors

• Vale de Anta Commune
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Vale de Anta

• Chaves Municipality
• Portugal
• Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

Vale de Anta Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 May 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent a dolmen Azure garnished Or, issuant from base wavy of three of Argent and Azure a doublemount Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters ""
Meaning:
The phrase "vale de anta" means literally "valley of dolmen", the arms being therefore canting.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 May 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 19 February 2003
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 May 2024

Presentation of Vale de Anta

Vale de Anta was one of the 30 communes of Chaves Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 1625 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 10,18 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 May 2024

back to Chaves Communes click here