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![[Nespereira (Gouveia) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-gvane.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 14 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
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Feb 2025
![[Nespereira (Gouveia) commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-gvane).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 14 Feb 2025
Shield Sable a wheat ear Or leafed Argent, flanked at dexter by a masonry mallet Argent, and at sinister by a grape bunch Or leafed Argent, in chief an estoile Or and in base an estoile Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "NESPEREIRA - GOUVEIA"
Meaning:
The word "nespereira" means both "loquat tree" and "medlar tree", although in this context it is likely the latter, as the former is also popularly known as "magnório" in northern Portugal. Eitherway, this coat of arms shows neither, so it is not canting. One star is an attribute of Our Lady of Grace, the local patron saint, the other is a representation of the Serra de estrela (= Star Mountain Ridge).
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 14 December 2009
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Feb 2025
Nespereira is one of the ten communes of Gouveia Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 661 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 5,39 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Feb 2025
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