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![[Felgar e Souto da Velha commune flag]](../images/p/pt-tmcfs.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Oct 2023
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sergio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Oct 2023
![[ commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-tmcfs).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Oct 2023
Shield Or two eradicated chestnut trees Vert fruited Sable with slit Argent in fess, in chief three lozenges Azure in fess and a jug Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE FELGAR E SOUTO DA VELHA".
Meaning:
Both the flag and the arms are very like those of Felgar, which got its single mulberry tree replaced with the two chestnut trees of Souto da Velha. (And the whole is 3+2+1, like something meant to teach children how to count: "uma bilha, duas árvores, e três áses de ouros…".
Source: Sergio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Oct 2023
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 6 Oct 2014, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Oct 2023
Felgar e Souto da Velha is one of the four communes of Moncorvo (or Torre de Moncorvo) Municipality created anew by the 2013 changes. It had 1047 inhabitants in 2021 and
covers 46.93 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Oct 2023
![[Felgar commune flag until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-tmcfs-fg.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Oct 2023
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sergio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Oct 2023
![[Felgar commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-tmcfs-fg).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Oct 2023
Shield Or a mulberry tree eradicated Vert fruited Purpure, on chief three lozenges Azure in fess and a jug Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "FELGAR".
Meaning:
The arms represent unmetaphorically the local importance of pottery and mulberry growing; I have no clue about the three lozenges.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Oct 2023
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 23 May 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Oct 2023
Felgar was one of the six communes of Moncorvo (or Torre de Moncorvo) Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 954 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 26,03 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 Oct 2023
![[Souto da Velha commune flag]](../images/p/pt-tmcfs-sv.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Oct 2023
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sergio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Oct 2023
![[Souto da Velha commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-tmcfs-sv).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Oct 2023
Shield Azure with base barruly wavy of Agent and Azure a watermill wheel Or,in chief two chestnut trees Argent in fess fruited Or and Vert set per fess. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "SOUTO DA VELHA".
Meaning:
The phrase "souto da velha" means in Portuguese "old chestnut grove"; the chestnut trees on the arms make them therefore partly canting.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Oct 2023
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 4 March 2009, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Oct 2023
Souto da Velha was one of the eight communes of Moncorvo (or Torre de Moncorvo) Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 93 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 12,38 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 9 Oct 2023
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