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Last modified: 2015-11-29 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: barco(covilha) | coutada | bridge | boat | corn(cob) | base(wavy) | pine | millstone |
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![[Barco commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cvlbc-ba.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 21 Jan 2009
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Jan 2009
![[Barco commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-cvlbc-ba).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 21 Jan 2009
The arms are Azure concrete (!) three-arch bridge Argent railed Argent and garnished Sable,issuant from a base wavy Argent charged with two barrulets wavy Azure, in chief a boat Argent garnished Sable flanked by two corn cobs Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BARCO - COVILHÃ".
Meaning:
The boat is a canting element, as "barco" is Portuguese for "ship" or "boat".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Jan 2009
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 October 2004
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Jan 2009
Barco Commune is one of the 21 communes of Covilhã Municipality (q.v.); it had 576 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 15,18 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Jan 2009
![[Coutada commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cvlbc-ct.gif)
2:3 image by , 15 Nov 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Nov 2015
Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, two pine trees eradicated Vert ordered per fess, between them a millstone Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank)and white scroll with inscription in black initials "COUTADA"
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Nov 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 5 March 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Nov 2015
Coutada Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Covilhã Municipality (q.v.); it had 406 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Nov 2015
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