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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Vilarelho da Raia commune flag]](../images/p/pt-chvvr.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 May 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: local Facebook page
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2024
![[Vilarelho da Raia commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-chvvr).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 May 2024
Shield Gules, on fess point a sword Or in bend under a scimitar of the same in bend sinister, on chief a escallop Or flanked by two horseshoes Argent, on middle base point a fountain playing Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILARELHO DA RAIA"
Meaning:
The escallop is an attribute of St. James the Elder as local patron saint. The village is also on the St. James Way, or nearby. The horseshoes are about a legend about a horse foot print being marked on a rock, by the same saint. Sword and scimitar allude to the Battle of Cambedo. The fountain represents the local fountain of Facha.
Source: local Facebook page
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 May 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 17 June 2024, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Jan 2025
Vilarelho da Raia was one of the 30 communes of Chaves Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 464 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 18,03 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2024
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