Santo Estêvão e Moita United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-05-25 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Santo Estêvão e Moita, Concelho de Sabugal, Distrito da Guarda

• Santo Estêvão e Moita United Commune
• Former Santo Estêvão Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Santo Estêvão
• Former Moita Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Moita

• Sabugal Municipality
• Portugal

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2024

Former Santo Estêvão Commune (until 2013)

Flag

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,25 May 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Or, issuant from base a mound Vert charged with two menhirs Argent in fess, above an olive branch Vert fruited Sable and a chestnut branch Vert fruited Gules in saltire, in chief three stones Azure garnished Argent in fess. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "SANTO ESTÊVÃO - SABUGAL".
Meaning:
The stones are an attribute of St. Stephen, local patron saint and name giver of the commune.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 June 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2016

Presentation of Santo Estêvão

Santo Estêvão was one of the 17 communes of Sabugal Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 310 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 23,6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2016

Former Moita commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2016

Coat of Arms

Shield Or, a chisel Gules in pale surrounded by four oak twigs Vert ordered 2:2, each one having three leaves and two acorns fruited Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank)and white scroll with inscription in black initials "MOITA - SABUGAL".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 4 January 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2016

Presentation of Moita

Moita Commune was one of 17 communes of Sabugal Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 103 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6.8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Mar 2016

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