Last modified: 2025-03-08 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: nossa senhora do populo | coto | sao gregorio | shrimpcatcher | fountain(heraldic) | rose(yellow) | windmill(wheel) | apple(branch) | book | pen |
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![[Caldas da Rainha united commune flag]](../images/p/pt-cldcr.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2025
Shield Azure a shrimp-catcher Argent, flanked on base by a heraldic fountain, on dexter flanch by a rose Or seeded Gules and barbed Argent, and on sinister flanch by a windmill wheel Argent with vanes Or. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and celestial blue scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE CALDAS DA RAINHA — NOSSA SENHORA DO PÓPULO, COTO E SÃO GREGÓRIO".
Meaning:
The shrimp-catcher is taken from the arms of Queen Eleonora and is also a charge on the municipal arms. It is furthermore representing the former communes of Coto and Nossa Senhora do Pópulo. The rose is another element taken from the arms Coto, the fountain an element taken from the arms of Nossa Senhora do Pópulo. The wheel is representing the former São Gregório Commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 1 October 2014
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2025
Caldas da Rainha - Nossa Senhora do Pópulo, Coto e São Gregório is one of the three communes of Caldas da Rainha Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 18 540 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 31,69 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2025
![[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.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2015
Shield Azure, a shrimp-catcher 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 the personal emblem of Queen Eleonora (1481-1495), in these arms it refers to the queen, important patron of the municipality seat and probably also relevant in the communal history.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
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 was one of the seven communes of Caldas da Rainha Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. 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.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 June 2008
![[Coto commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cldcr-co).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 9 June 2008
Shield 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 shrimp-catcher 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 rose is an attribute of St. Mary, being the local patron saint as Our Lady of the Angels. The shrimpcatcher, an unusual implement, is the personal emblem of Queen Eleonora (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 was one of the seven communes of Caldas da Rainha Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 1344 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5,6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2015
![[São Gregório commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-cldcr-sg.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2025
Shield Or, a windmill wheel Azure, in chief an open book Argent bound Gules and superimposed by a pen Purpure in bend sinister, in base alongside the orle 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"
Meaning:
Book and pen are attributes of St. Gregory, the local patron saint. Before he became Pope Gregory II in 715, he had been the librarian of one his predecessors, Pope Sergius I, who died in 701.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 March 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2015
São Gregório was one of the seven communes of Caldas da Rainha Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 955 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 13,9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Sep 2015
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