Caparrosa e Silvares United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-09-07 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Caparrosa e Silvares, Concelho de Tondela, Distrito de Viseu

• Caparrosa e Silvares United Commune
• Former Caparrosa Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Caparrosa
• Former Silvares Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Silvares

• Tondela Municipality
• Portugal
• Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

Caparrosa e Silvares United Commune

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2024

Former Caparrosa Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent a cape Gules with edge and cords Or and lining Sable, flanked on either corner by four 5-point stars Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "CAPARROSA".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 March 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2024

Presentation of Caparrosa

Caparrosa was one of the 14 communes of Tondela Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 805 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 18,02 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2024

Former Silvares Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Or a hood Sable, on orle two blackberry branches Vert fruited Gules and on base crossed per saltire. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "SILVARES - TONDELA".
Meaning:
The branches of blackberry (Portuguese: silva) are canting elements.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 August 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2024

Presentation of Silvares

Silvares was one of the 14 communes of Tondela Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 136 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 8,34 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 Sep 2024

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