Last modified: 2017-01-21 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: curopos | vale de janeiro | watermill(wheel) | wheat(ear) | valley | rose(red) | base(wavy) |
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![[Curopos e Vale de Janeiro united commune]](../images/p/pt-vnhcv.gif)
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image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Dec 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Dec 2016
![[Curopos e Vale de Janeiro united commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-vnhcv).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Dec 2016
The shield of the arms is Argent, a barrulet plain and indented Azure,in chief two wheat ears Vert set in pale, a valley Vert issuant from the flanks and from a base wavy of Azure and Argent, issuant from base and superimposing the valley a watermill wheel Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE CUROPOS E VALE DE JANEIRO".
Meaning:
The valley is taken from the arms of former Vale de Janeiro commune, all other elements except the base wavy are taken from the arms of former Curopos commune.
Source: here
António Martins-Tuválkin and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Dec 2016
Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: II Série on 27 November 2015
Source: here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Dec 2016
Curopos e Vale de Janeiro United Commune is one of the 26 communes of Vinhais Municipality; it had 313 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 26.2 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Dec 2016
![[Curopos commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vnhcv-cp.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 11 Nov 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: this photo
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Nov 2016
![[Curopos commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vnhcv-cp).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 11 Nov 2016
The Shield Argent, a watermill's wheel Gules playing Azure, flanked by two wheat ears Vert, the whole between two barrulets plain and dentilly Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in
black upper case letters "CUROPOS - VINHAIS". This village seems to be the only one of its name in Portugal; the reason to add the name of the municipality on the scroll eludes me. Variants reading only "CUROPOS" are possible.
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Nov 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 8 August 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Nov 2016
Curopos Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vinhais Municipality; it had 212 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 21.6 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Nov 2016
![[Vale de Janeiro commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vnhcv-vj.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 6 Dec 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Dec 2016
![[Vale de Janeiro commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vnhcv-vj).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 6 Dec 2016
The shield of the arms is Argent a valley Vert issuant from the base and flanks and in chief a rose Gules barbed Vert and seeded Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VALE DE JANEIRO"
Meaning:
"Vale de Janeiro" means in Portuguese "January valley": The arms are partly canting for half of this meaning.
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Dec 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 23 May 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Dec 2016
Vale de Janeiro Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vinhais Municipality; it had 101 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 15.0 km².
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Dec 2016
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