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The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Feb 2025
![[Aldeias (Gouveia) commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-gvaam-ad.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 2 Feb 2025
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, 2 Feb 2025
![[Aldeias (Gouveia) commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-gvaam-ad).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin andSérgio Horta, 2 Feb 2025
Shield Azure an oak eradicated Or acorned Argent, flanked by two sheep Argent respectant, in base on a mound of three coupeaux Argent an estoile Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "ALDEIAS - GOUVEIA".
Meaning:
The word "aldeias" means "villages"; the coat of arms is not canting.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 4 March 2005,
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Feb 2025
Aldeias was one of the 12 communes of Gouveia Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 328 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 20,33 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Feb 2025
![[Mangualde da Serra commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-gvaam-mg.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 2 Feb 2025
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, 2 Feb 2025
![[Mangualde da Serra commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-gvaam-mg).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 2 Feb 2025
Shield Purple on a mound of three coupeaux Argent an estoile Azure and on chief a flail Or in bend. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "MANGUALDE DA SERRA".
Meaning:
Even though the main charge given in the blazon is the mound, with the flail in chief, graphical representations of this coat of arms show the latter as the main element, or at least as proeminently as the mound — and maybe unavoidably so, as it is prescribed to be placed in bend.
The word "mangualde" is superficially meaningless but a clear cognate of "mangualde", which means "flail" or "threshel" and is shown in the coat of arms. The nearby and upper level Mangualde Municipality shares the same etymology; the additional epithet "da serra" (= "of the range") disambiguates from this better known toponym and it too is shown on the coat of arms, and doubtly so: The mound and its coupeaux are generically denotative of a mountain range, while the star iconically refers to this particular mountain range, Serra da Estrela (= Star Range, lit. Mountain Range of the Star). Therefore this coat of arms is fully canting, as all of its elements refer to every element of the toponym.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 6 February 2007, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Feb 2025
Mangualde da Serra was one of the 12 communes of Gouveia Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 164 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 17,22 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Feb 2025
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