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![[Cabaços (Moimenta da Beira) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-mbrcb.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
![[Cabaços (Moimenta da Beira) commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-mbrcb).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
Shield Or a cocked hat Gules between two wheat ears Vert in saltire, issuant from base a mount Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "CABAÇOS – MOIMENTA DA BEIRA".
Meaning:
The cocked hat is an attribute of St. Torcato Felix (died 719), who had been bishop in Braga. The grain ears are symbolising agriculture. The mount is a representation of Cabeça Gorda (= big/thick head), a local mountain.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 27 June 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
Cabaços is one of the 13 communes of Moimenta da Beira Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 220 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 11,83 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
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