Belver e Mogo de Malta United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Belver e Mogo de Malta, Concelho da Carrazeda de Ansiães, Distrito de Bragança

• Belver e Mogo de Malta United Commune
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• Presentation of Belver e Mogo de Malta
• Former Belver Commune (until 2013)
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• Presentation of Belver
• Former Mogo de Malta Commune (until 2013)
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• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Mogo de Malta

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Belver e Mogo de Malta United Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider,

Coat of Arms

Shield Gules three triplets of rye ears Or tied Azure in fess, in chief a Maltese cross Argent, in base a cogwheel Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and long white scroll, as used by united communes, reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE BELVER E MOGO DE MALTA".
Meaning:
Cogwheel and grain ears are representing the former Belver Commune, the cross the former Mogo de Malta Commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Feb 2024 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 11 November 2014, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Feb 2024

Presentation of Belver e Mogo de Malta

Belver e Mogo de Malta is one of the four communes of Carrazeda de Ansiães Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 364 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 19,8 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Feb 2024

Former Belver Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Feb 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent a cogwheel Gules flanked by two rye ears Vert in saltire, on chief an 8-point star Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "BELVER - CARRAZEDA DE ANSIÃES".
Meaning:
The star is an attribute of Our Lady of the Snows, the local patron saint. The cogwheel stands for industries, the ears for agriculture.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Feb 2024 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Oct 2014

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 28 November 2006
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Feb 2024

Presentation of Belver

Belver was one of the nine communes of Carrazeda de Ansiães Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 322 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10,39 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Feb 2024

Former Mogo de Malta Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider,

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure a Maltese cross Argent, in chief a bladed wheel Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "MOGO DE MALTA".
Meaning:
It appears, as if the name of the commune is alluding to a certain Mogo from Malta. Mogo is a Christian name. The Maltese cross is also a canting element, at least punning, and the wheel is the token of St. Catherine of Alexandria, who is the patron of the local Catholic Parish this commune was created from.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Feb 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 June 2006
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Feb 2024

Presentation of Mogo de Malta

Mogo de Malta was one of the nine communes of Carrazeda de Ansiães Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 111 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 9,41 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Feb 2024

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