Póvoa do Concelho Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Póvoa do Concelho, Concelho de Trancoso, Distrito da Guarda

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• Póvoa do Concelho Commune
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Póvoa do Concelho
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• Trancoso Municipality
• Portugal
• Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

Póvoa do Concelho 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
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 June 2025

Coat of Arms

Shield Gules an estoile Or flanked by two olive branches Argent fructed Or palewise, issuant from base a mound Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "PÓVOA DO CONCELHO".
Meaning:
The mountain and star on the arms seem to stand for Serra da Estrela (Star Mountains), which lay mostly to the Southwest. It might be an attribute of Our Lady of Grace, the local patron saint, as well. The olive branches stand very likely for local olive growing and olive oil making.
Sources: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage: official municipal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 June 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 28 October 2010, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 June 2025

Presentation of Póvoa do Concelho

Póvoa do Concelho is one of the 15 communes of Trancoso Municipality created by the merger during the 2013 changes. It had 248 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 10,84 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 June 2025

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