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Santa Catarina da Serra e Chainça United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Santa Catarina da Serra e Chainça, Concelho de Leiria, Distrito de Leiria


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Former Santa Catarina da Serra commune (until 2013)

[Santa Catarina da Serra commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of blue and white.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Gules, a bar wavy Argent, charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, in chief a bladed wheel Or at dexter and a windmill's wheel Sable rigged Argent at sinister, in base two olive branches Or, fruited Argent, in saltire. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "SANTA CATARINA DA SERRA" or "VILA DE SANTA CATARINA DA SERRA"-
Meaning:
The bladed wheel is an attribute of St. Catherine, local patron saint and name giver of the commune.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016

Old Flag (1996 - 2008)

[Santa Catarina da Serra commune (1996-2008)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 22 May 2016

It was a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field. The coat of arms was the same as current but with mural crown having just three visible towers.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016

Old symbols published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 February 1996, new symbols published in Diário da República: II Série on 27 June 2008, after having been approved by the local council on 21 September 2007.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016


Presentation of Santa Catarina da Serra

Santa Catarina da Serra Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Leiria Municipality; it had 4098 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 35.8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016


Former Chainça commune (until 2013)

[Chainça commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Vert with base wavy of Argent and Azure, a hound passant Argent tongued Gules, carrying a palm leaf Or by his right foreleg, in chief a royal coronet. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "CHAINÇA - LEIRIA".
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 24 August 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016


Presentation of Chainça

Chainça Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Leiria Municipality; it had 772 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 May 2016


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