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The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2024
![[Gebelim commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-afegs-gb.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Mar 2024
It is a slightly unusual Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and white.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Mar 2024
![[Gebelim commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-afegs-gb).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 12 Mar 2024
Shield Argent a boar Sable passant armed and langued Gules, flanked in chief by two chestnust twigs fruited Vert and its fruits split Or, issuant from base a doublemount Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "GEBELIM".
Meaning:
Although the word "gebelim" doesn´t have a proper noun meaning, it is similar to "javali", especially if pronounced as typical of northern Portuguese dialects. This comes from ellicted Arab "jbli" meaning "of the mountains", and means "boar" (literally pig of the mountains, i.e., wild). Whether this is a cognate or a paronym, these arms are either canting or punning, respectively.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Mar 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 3 November 2003
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Mar 2024
Gebelim was one of the 14 communes of Alfândega da Fé Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 190 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 17,25 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Mar 2024
![[Soeima commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-afegs-so.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Mar 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Mar 2024
![[ commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-afegs-so).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 14 Mar 2024
Shield Or a a chestnut tree erradicated and fruited Vert with its fruits slit Gules and gasnished Argent, flanked by two boars passant respectant Sable armed and anime Gules and on a base wavy reduced Azure a barrulet wavy Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "SOEIMA".
Meaning:
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Mar 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 21 April 2009, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Mar 2024
Soeima was one of the 14 communes of Alfândega da Fé Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 142 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 13,34 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Mar 2024
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