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Repeses e São Salvador Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Repeses e São Salvador, Concelho de Viseu, Distrito de Viseu

Last modified: 2024-09-21 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Repeses e São Salvador commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Sep 2024
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Repeses e São Salvador 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, 15 Sep 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure an abased belfry Argent with bell Or, on chief an orb Or flanked by two Maltese crosslets Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "REPESES E SÃO SALVADOR".
Meaning:
The belfry is a representation of the former Repeses Commune, orb and crosslet of the former São Salvador Commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Sep 2024

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 6 October 2015
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Sep 2024

Presentation of Repeses e São Salvador

Repeses e São Salvador is one of the seven communes of Viseu Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 6751 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 10,01 km².
The entity was established in 2013 as Repeses e São Salvador United Commune (Portuguese: União das freguesias de Repeses e São Salvador) on 28 January 2013 but renamed to Repeses e São Salvador Commune (Portuguese: Freguesia de Repeses e São Salvador) on 4 June 2015.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Sep 2024


Former Repeses Commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Repeses commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Sep 2024

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Sep 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Or an enhanced belfry Gules with bell Sable, flanked at dexter by an angle iron Azure, at sinister by a circular saw blade of the same, on base by a bunch of grapes Purpure leafed Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "REPESES".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Sep 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 2 May 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Sep 2024

Presentation of Repeses

Repeses was one of the 16 communes of Viseu Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 2509 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5,02 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Sep 2024


Former São Salvador Commune (until 2013)

Flag

[São Salvador (Viseu) commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Sep 2024

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and blue.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Sep 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure semy of Maltese crosslets Argent, over all an orb Or. Mural crown Argent with three (!) visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "S. SALVADOR - VISEU".
Meaning:
The orb is an attribute of Jesus Christ, being name giver and local patron saint as the Divine Saviour.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Sep 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 1 August 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Sep 2024

Presentation of São Salvador

São Salvador was one of the 16 communes of Viseu Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 3807 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5,07 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Sep 2024


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