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Ventosa e Cova United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2022-10-14 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Ventosa e Cova, Concelho de Vieira do Minho, Distrito de Braga

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Former Ventosa commune (until 2013)

[Ventosa (Vieira do Minho) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 May 2018

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 May 2018

Coat of arms

Shield Or with base wavy of Argent and Azure, two mattock blades Gules in fess, in chief a mitre Gules garnished Argent with scarves Gules, issuant from base a mount Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "VENTOSA - VIEIRA DO MINHO".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 May 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 3 August 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 May 2018

Presentation of Ventosa

Ventosa Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vieira do Minho Municipality; it had 358 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 3.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 May 2018

Former Cova commune (until 2013)

I couldn't find any flag information.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 May 2018

Coat of arms

[Cova commune (until 2013)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 May 2018

Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a pole sable topped by a crosslet patty of the same, holding a labarum Gules, charged with a throughout cross Argent, flanked by two hunting horns Gules addorsed tied Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "COVA - VIEIRA DO MINHO".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 May 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 22 April 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 May 2018

Presentation of Cova

Cova Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vieira do Minho Municipality; it had 301 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 May 2018

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