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Chaviães e Paços United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2015-08-04 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Chaviães e Paços, Concelho de Melgaço, Distrito de Viana do Castelo


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Former Chaviães commune (until 2013)

[Chaviães(Melgaço) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Gules, a church-gate Or with port Azure, base wavy of Argent and Azure charged with three billets Sable ordered per pale. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "CHAVIÃES - MELGAÇO".
Source: Freguesias de Portugal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2015


Presentation of Chaviães

Chaviães Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Melgaço Municipality (q.v.); it had 385 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2015


Former Paços commune (until 2013)

[Paços(Melgaço) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Vert with base wavy of Argent and Azure, a embattled tower Argent masoned Sable, roofed Or with port and windows Gules, flanked by two corn cobs Gules leaved Or, in central chief a grapevine Or leaved Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "". "PAÇOS - MELGAÇO".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 24 June 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2015


Presentation of Paços

Paços Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Melgaço Municipality (q.v.); it had 317 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 July 2015


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