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Foz do Sousa e Covelo United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Foz do Sousa e Covelo, Concelho de Gondomar, Distrito do Porto


[Foz do Sousa e Covelo united commune ] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 June 2018
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Foz do Sousa e Covelo United Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: communal heraldry page
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 June 2018

Coat of Arms

Shield Vert, in base a bar wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, issuant from bar a modern bridge Argent, a tortoise (a disc Gules) surrounded by an aureole Or and charged with a fleur-de-lis Or, flanked in chief by a watermill wheel Argent at dexter and two corn cobs Or in saltire at sinister. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "FOZ DO SOUSA E COVELO".
Meaning: Tortoise, millwheel and bar wavy are taken from the arms of former Covelo commune, bridge and corn cobs from the arms of former Foz do Sousa commune.
Source: communal heraldry page
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 June 2018

Presentation of Foz do Sousa e Covelo

Foz do Sousa e Covelo United Commune was formed by a merger in 2013; its communes together had 7701 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 30.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 June 2018

Former Foz do Sousa commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Foz do Sousa commune flag (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 June 2024

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 6 June 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Vert, in base a bar wavy Azure charged with a barrulet wavy Argent, issuant from bar a modern bridge Argent, in chief a cogwheel Argent flanked by two corn cobs Or set per saltire. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank)and white scroll with inscription in black initials "FOZ DO SOUSA".
this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2015

Not published in Diário da República but on expertise of the CHAAP emitted on 2 June 1999
António Martins-Tuválkin,

Presentation of Foz do Sousa

Foz do Sousa Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Gondomar Municipality; it had 6054 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 19.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2015

Former Covelo commune (until 2013)

Flag

[Covelo (Gondomar) commune (until 2013)] 2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 7 Nov 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2015

Coat of Arms

Shield Vert, two watermill wheels Argent in fess, on base a bar wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, in chief a tortoise (a disc Gules) surrounded by an aureole Or and charged with a fleur-de-lis Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "COVELO - GONDOMAR".
Meaning:
Fleur-de-lis and aureole are attributes of St. Mary, the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 17 March 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2015

Presentation of Covelo

Covelo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Gondomar Municipality; it had 1647 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 11.2 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Nov 2015

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