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Ceivães e Badim United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2015-08-07 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Ceivães e Badim, Concelho de Monção, Distrito de Viana do Castelo


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Former Ceivães commune (until 2013)

[Ceivães commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Aug 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Aug 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Argent semy fleur-de-lis Vert with base wavy of Azure and Argent crowned by a throughout bridge Sable masoned Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CEIVÃES".
Meaning:
The shield's colour and the flowers are canting, because they are representing a kind of flower growing in the local fields. The bridge is representing the local bridge across Mouro River, where in 1386 Dom João I met the Duke of Lancaster, the pretender to the throne of Castilia. They arranged the matrimony of the Portuguese king with the duke's daughter Philipa of Lancaster. The base wavy is representing the rivers Minho and Mouro.
Source: Freguesias de Portugal
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Aug 2015

Draft of flag and arms made by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes, published in Diário da República: II Série on 1 April 2008
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Aug 2015


Presentation of Ceivães

Ceivães Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Monção Municipality (q.v.); it had 492 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 3.5 km². It belonged to Valadares municipality, which was dissolved in 1855.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Aug 2015


Former Badim commune (until 2013)

[Badim (Monção) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 6 Aug 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Aug 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Argent, a bar wavy Azure charged with a barrulet wavy Argent, in chief a potatoe shrub Vert eradicated fruited Gules, in base a grapevine Purpure leaved Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "". "BADIM - MONÇÃO".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Aug 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 10 February 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Aug 2015


Presentation of Badim

Badim Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Monção Municipality (q.v.); it had 178 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 Aug 2015


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