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![[Sé, Santa Maria e Meixedo United Commune flag]](../images/p/pt-bgcse.gif) 2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2024 |
![[Sé, Santa Maria e Meixedo United Commune flag variant#1]](../images/p/pt-bgcse1.gif) 2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2024 |
![[Sé, Santa Maria e Meixedo United Commune flag variant#2]](../images/p/pt-bgcse2.gif) 2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2024 |
![[Sé, Santa Maria e Meixedo United Commune flag variant#3]](../images/p/pt-bgcse3.gif) 2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2024 |
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered ofblue and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2024
![[ commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcse).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 25 Feb 2024
Shield Or a wayside cross Sable flanked by two dogs respectant Sable emphasized Argent and in base a single-tower castle Sable with port and windows Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE SÉ, SANTA MARIA E MEIXEDO".
Meaning:
As often happens, these symbols are partly taken from each of the two ancestor communes´ coats of arms, the wayside cross representing former Sé Commune, the castle former Santa Maria Commune and the dog former Meixedo Commune.
Sérgio Horta´s account of these arms and flag, based on the original CHAAP artwork: it shows the scroll to be of the the most usual style, with the text unusually set in two lines (split as «de/Sé») (see flag image left outwards above), the upper one in smaller letters. Variants of this will be found, either with reduced toponym (see flag image left inwards above) or with tighter text (see flag image right inwards above)on one line or with the longer scroll (see flag image right outwards above).
We witness again the unexpected case of a 4-tower mural in a commune without town rank, which goes against the relevant law but is yet stated to be so in this legal text as "mural crown according to the law" it seems to be one more of those CHAAP habits adopted to fix one of the many glaring mistakes in that law. The exact depiction of the castle is not stylized but naturalistic, seePortuguese WIKIMEDIA with photos, against the letter of the law and yet a common practice, likely chosen to meet with expectations (or even demands) from the local government.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 16 January 2023, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2024
Sé, Santa Maria e Meixedo is one of the six communes of Bragança Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 22689 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 35.69 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Feb 2024
![[Sé (Bragança) commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcss-se.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 29 June 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 June 2016
![[Sé (Bragança) commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcss-se).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta,
Shield Azure, a wayside cross Argent, flanked by two 5-point stars Or, in chief a Paschal Lamb couchant, nimbed Or.
Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BRAGANÇA - SÉÉ".
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 June 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 December 1999
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 June 2016
Sé Commune was originally based in one of the two Catholic parishes of the city of Bragança. It was one of the pre-2013 communes of Bragança Municipality; it had 17913 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10.7 km².
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 June 2016
![[Santa Maria (Bragança) commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcss-sm.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 28 June 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 June 2016
![[Santa Maria (Bragança) commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcss-sm).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 28 June 2016
Shield Argent, on a saltire Gules four castles and on its core a representation of the domus municipalis, all these Argent with port and windows Azure, in chief a wreath Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SANTA MARIA - BRAGANÇA".
Meaning:
The red saltire on silver is the basic armourial element of the House of Bragança; the communal arms add to it tokens of local history.
Source:
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 June 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 April 1997. The arms were designed by Luís Moreira, a heraldrist at the Gabinete de Estudos e Projetos de Heráldica Administrativa (GEPHA).
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 June 2016
Santa Maria Commune was originally based in one of the two Catholic parishes of the city of Bragança. It was was one of the pre-2013 communes of Bragança Municipality; it had 3940 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 13.5 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 June 2016
![[Meixedo (Bragança) commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcss-mx.gif)
2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 June 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 June 2016
![[Meixedo (Bragança) commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcss-mx).gif)
image by , 30 June 2016
Shield Argent, two plum tree branches Vert fruited Purpure set in fess, and in chief a saltire couped Azure, in base a dog passant Sable emphasized Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "MEIXEDO - BRAGANÇA".
Meaning:
The word "meixedo" is local/archaic synonym of regular Portuguese for "ameixial", meaning "plum grove"; the plum tree branches are therefore canting.
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 June 2016
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 26 May 2009, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 June 2016
Meixedo Commune, a rural area to the NorthNorthwest of Bragança city, containing only one settlement, the namesake village, distant less than 5 km from the nearby city centre, was one of the pre-2013 communes of Bragança Municipality; it had 163 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 11.5 km². In 2013 it was merged with the communes of Santa Maria and of Sé (the two urban communes that comprised the city of Bragança and a narrow rural outskirt)
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 June 2016
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