Castelãos e Vilar do Monte United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2016-04-23 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Castelãos e Vilar do Monte, Concelho de Macedo de Cavaleiros, Distrito de Bragança

• Former Castelãos commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Castelãos
• Former Vilar do Monte commune (until 2013)
• Presentation of Vilar do Monte

• Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality
• Portugal

Former Castelãos commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Mar 2016

Shield Or, on a mound Vert, issuant from the base, an embattled Roman fortress Sable opened (and masoned) Or, in chief a windmill sailwheel Sable dressed Gules and roped Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "CASTELÃOS"
Meaning:
The word "castelãos" might seem to the unaware as an incorrect form of "castelães", the plural of "castelão", "castellan". However I think that in this case it might be instead the plural of, indeed, "castelão", but merely the of "castelo" (the divergent plurals for the same singular are explained by etymology: the current word is ambiguous, originated both from Old Portuguese "castellán" and "castellon" - with the same respective meanings). If this interpretation is correct, the arms might be canting.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Mar 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 15 February 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Mar 2016

Presentation of Castelãos

Castelãos Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality; it had 443 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 13.1 km².
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Former Vilar do Monte commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2016

The shield is Argent, on a craggy mound Or emphasized Sable, issuant from base a fortress Gules masoned Sable,in chief a sheaf of wheat ears Vert tied Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILAR DO MONTE - MACEDO DE CAVALEIROS".
Meaning:
"Vilar do monte" means "hill town" and the arms are therefore somewhat canting.
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2016

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 15 September 2004
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2016

Presentation of Vilar do Monte

Vilar do Monte Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality; it had 104 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6.2 km².
See also:

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