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![[Calvão e Soutelinho da Raia united commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-chvcs.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Apr 2024
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, 11 Apr 2024
![[ commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-chvcs).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 11 Apr 2024
Shield Azure with base wavy of Argent and Azure a boundary stone Argent charged with an escutcheon Azure charged with five plates in quincunx, flanked by a rye ear Or and a chestnut twig of the same fruited Argent (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE CALVÃO E SOUTELINHO DA RAIA".
Meaning:
These symbols are partly taken from each of the two ancestor communes´ coats of arms.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Apr 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 12 November 2023, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Apr 2024
Calvão e Soutelinho da Raia is one of the nine communes of Chaves Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 431 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 28,36 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Apr 2024
![[Calvão (Chaves) commune (- 2013)]](../images/p/pt-chvcs-cv.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 3 June 2009
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 June 2009
![[Calvão (Chaves) commune CoA (- 2013)]](../images/p/pt-chvcs-cv).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 3 June 2009
The arms are Azure a rose Or seeded Gules between to ears of rye Or set in pale and issuant from a base wavy Argent charged with a fess wavy Azure a bridge Argent masoned Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "CALVÃO - CHAVES".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 June 2009
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 October 2000
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 June 2009
Calvão was one of the 30 communes of Chaves Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 450 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 19,64 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 June 2009
![[Soutelinho da Raia (-2013) flag w/ new CoA]](../images/p/pt-chvcs-sr.gif) 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Apr 2024 |
![[Soutelinho da Raia (-2013) flag w/ old CoA]](../images/p/pt-chvcs-sr1.gif) 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Apr 2024 |
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field, displayed with coat of arms (see left image above) and with old coat of arms (see right above).
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Apr 2024
![[ commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-chvcs-sr).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 10 Apr 2024
Shield Vert a fess Argent masoned and fimbriated Sable, flanked by a boundary stone Argent charged with an escutcheon Azure charged with five plates in quincunx and by a chestnut branch fruited and leafed Or with it opened fruit Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "SOUTELINHO DA RAIA".
Meaning:
The escutcheon displays a quina, one of the oldest arms of Portugal.
A different coat of arms, with evident common motives, shows on this photo of an actual flag, also yellow, included without context in a
local’s blog; archived at [ https://archive.ph/py6pt ]
This variant Coat of Arms, likely an earlier version, later adjusted by the CHAAP but not before it made it to the cloth in at least this one copy, has also a green shield, with the cobbled stripe slanted, and slightly different interpretations of the remaining elements: Vert a bend sinister Argent masoned Sable flanked by a chestnut branch Or with its fruit open Gules and by a representation of a boundary stone Argent.
The phrase ´soutelinho da raia´ means ´little chestnut grove on the border´; the arms can be interpreted as being canting for this meaning.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Apr 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 10 August 2009, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Apr 2024
Soutelinho da Raia was one of the 30 communes of Chaves Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 150 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 8,57 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Apr 2024
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