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Beduído e Veiros Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2015-12-15 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: beduido | veiros(estarreja) | scallop | cogwheel | millstone | bridge | vair | fess | book | knife | cork oak |
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União das Freguesias de Beduído e Veiros, Concelho de Estarreja, Distrito de Aveiro


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Former Beduído commune (until 2013)

[Beduído commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by , 5 Dec 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Or, a scallop Purpure between a cogwheel at dexter and a millstone at sinister, both Azure, in base a bar wavy Azure, issuant from bar a bridge Sable masoned Argent having two archs. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "BEDUÍDO".
Meaning:
The scallop is an attribute of St. James the Elder, the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 28 December 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2015


Presentation of Beduído

Beduído Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Caminha Municipality (q.v.); it had 7544 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 20.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2015


Former Veiros Commune (until 2013)


[Veiros (Estarreja) commune (-2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 20 Oct 2008

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Oct 2008

Coat of arms

[Veiros (Estarreja) commune CoA (-2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 20 Oct 2008

The arms are Or a fess wavy Vair of three fesses and in chief a book Argent bound Gules charged over all with a knife Gules hilted Sable set in fess, in base a cork oak Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VEIROS - ESTARREJA".
Meaning:
"Veiros" is Portuguese for "vair", the heraldic fur, and, although the exact etym of this toponym is unrelated, the creator of these arms felt the need to make them canting by use of the fess vair. The bloody knife is an attribute of St. Bartholomew, the local patron saint.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Oct 2008

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 1997.02.11.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Oct 2008


Presentation of Veiros

Veiros Commune was until 2013 one of the communes of Estarreja Municipality (q.v.); it had 2618 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 11,21 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Oct 2008

Both communes together are forming the City of Estarreja.


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