Last modified: 2015-10-31 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: nossa senhora do populo | coto | sao gregorio | shrimpcatcher | fountain(heraldic) | crescent(recumbent) | rose(yellow) | waves(3) | windmill(wheel) | apple(branch) | book | pen |
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![[Nossa Senhora do Pópulo commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cldcr-np.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2015
Shield Azure, a shrimpcatcher Argent between three heraldic fountains, two in flanks and one in base. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CALDAS DA RAINHA - NOSSA SENHORA DO PÓPULO".
Meaning:
The shrimp-catcher, an unusual implement, is Queen Eleonora’s personal emblem (1481-1495), in these arms it refers to the queen, important patron of the municipality seat and probably also relevant in the communal history.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 June 2008 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 8 November 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2015
Nossa Senhora do Pópulo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Caldas da Rainha Municipality (q.v.); it had 16 114 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 12.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2015
![[Coto commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cldcr-co.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 8 June 2008
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 June 2008
![[Coto commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cldcr-co).gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 9 June 2008
The arms are Gules on a bar wavy Argent a barrulet wavy Azure, in dexter chief a rose Or barbed Vert and seeded Gules, in sinister chief a crescent recumbent Argent, in base a shrimpcatcher Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "COTO — CALDAS DA RAINHA"
Meaning:
The shrimpcatcher, an unusual implement, is Queen Eleonora’s personal emblem (1481-1495), in these arms it refers to the queen, important patron of the municipality seat and probably also relevant in the communal history. "Coto" means "stump" in Portuguese, though tihis might not be the etymology of the toponym at hand. Either way, the arms are not canting of this meaning.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 June 2008
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 28 April 2000
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 June 2008
Coto Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Caldas da Rainha Municipality (q.v.); it had 1344 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2015
I couldn't find any flag information.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2015
![[São Gregório commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cldcr-sg).jpg)
2:3 image located by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2015
Shield Or, a windmill's wheel Azure, in chief an open book Argent bound Gules and superimposed by a sinister bendy pen Purpure, in base alongside the edge two branches of apple tree Vert fruited Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "SÃO GREGÓRIO - CALDAS DA RAINHA"
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 March 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2015
São Gregório Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Caldas da Rainha Municipality (q.v.); it had 955 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 13.9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2015
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