Castro Verde e Casével United Commune (Portugal)

União das Freguesias de Castro Verde e Casével, Concelho de Castro Verde, Distrito de Beja

Last modified: 2025-03-15 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Former Casével Commune (until 2013)
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• Presentation of Casével

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Castro Verde e Casével United Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white and green.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2025

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, issuant from a base Sable charged with a fess Or a cork oak Vert, charged with a man´s head Argent, on chief five escutcheons Azure in cross, each charged with eleven plates set 3:2:3:2:1 (Portugal ancient). Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and long white scroll, as often used by united communes, reading in black upper case letters "UNIO DASFREGUESIAS DE CASTRO VERDE E CASÉVEL".
Meaning:
The arms are basically those of the former Castro Verde Commune with an addional head taken from the arms of the former Casével Commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 24 July 2015
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2025

Presentation of Castro Verde e Casével

Castro Verde e Casével is the only commune of Castro Verde Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 5289 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 322,77 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2025

Former Castro Verde Commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 June 2006

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, issuant from a base Sable charged with a fess Or a cork oak Vert, on chief five escutcheons Azure in cross, each charged with eleven plates set 3:2:3:2:1 (Portugal ancient). Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "FREGUESIA DE CASTRO VERDE".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 June 2006

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 4 February 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 June 2006

Presentation of Castro Verde

Castro Verde was one of the two communes of Castro Verde Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 4898 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 299,53 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2015

Former Casével Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white and blue.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2015

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, two hunting horns Or with tassels Argent addorsed and ordered per fess, on central chief an archaeological excavation, a man´s head Argent, in base a millstone Argent. Mural crown with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CASÉVEL - CASTRO VERDE".
Source: Castro Verde Municipality
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 15 November 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2015

Presentation of Casével

Casével was one of the two communes of Castro Verde Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 448 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 23,24 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2015

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