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Podence e Santa Combinha United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Podence e Santa Combinha, Concelho de Macedo de Cavaleiros, Distrito de Bragança

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Former Podence commune (until 2013)

[Podence commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2016

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

Coat of arms

The shield is Argent, parted by a pall Azure, charged with 12 waves Argent, in fork extended to an heraldic fountain , flanked by two twigs of chestnut Vert fruited Or, the nuts slit Gules, in chief a local Shrovetide mask Or garnished Gules and Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "PODENCE"
Meaning:
The conjoined pall and heraldic fountain stand for the Azibo Reservoir, where this commune is located. The Shrovetide mask (Port.: careto) stands for the local tradition of merrymaking, stemming from pre-Christian rites of coming-of-age — see examples of this mask type here, here and here. See also this emblem of a local Shrovetide Committee with obvious influence of local heraldry: here
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2016

Flag and arms approved by the communal parliament on 11 August 2007, published in Diário da República: II Série on 29 September 2007
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2016

Presentation of Podence

Podence Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality; it had 250 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 14.3 km².
See also:Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2016

Former Santa Combinha commune (until 2013)

[Santa Combinha commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 17 Apr 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Apr 2016

Coat of arms

[Santa Combinha commune CoA (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 17 Apr 2016

The shield is Gules, a crozier Or in pale, surmounted by an open book Argent emphasized Sable over a billet Argent pierced of six round holes, on base wavy Argent a barrulet wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SANTA COMBINHA".
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Apr 2016

Flag and arms approved by the communal parliament assembly on 28 January 2012, published in Diário da República: II Série on 1 March 2012
Source: Diário da República
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Apr 2016

Presentation of Santa Combinha

Santa Combinha Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality; it had 56 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.9 km².
See also:

  • Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

    • António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Apr 2016

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