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![[Peva e Segões united commune flag]](../images/p/pt-mbrps.gif) 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025 
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025    
![[Peva e Segões united commune flag]](../images/p/pt-mbrps).gif) image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025 
Shield Or a fess wavy Azure charged with a bar wavy Argent, on chief two granaries Gules garnished Sable in fess, on base a push cart Sable. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and long white scroll, as used by united communes, reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE PEVA E SEGÕES". 
Meaning:
The granaries are representing former Segões Commune, the push cart former Peva Commune. The fess wavy is a representation of the Paiva River between both former communes.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025  
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 9 June 2015 
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025  
Peva e Segões is one of the three communes of Moimenta da Beira Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 429 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 24,64 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025  
![[Peva (Moimenta da Beira) commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-mbrps-pe.gif) 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025 
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025    
Shield Or two flails Gules in saltire with fittings Sable, on central chief point a Marian crown Azure, on base a push cart Sable. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "PEVA - MOIMENTA DA BEIRA". 
Meaning:
The crown is an attribute of Our Lady of Assumption, the local patron saint. The other charges probably refer to agriculture.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025   
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 30 January 2007 
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025  
Peva was one of the seven communes of Moimenta da Beira Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 418 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 19,92 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025  
![[Segões commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-mbrps-sg.gif) 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025 
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025    
Shield Or parted abased by a bar wavy Azure, a crozier Gules in pale, flanked by two granaries Azure garnished Sable and both topped by a 5-point star Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "SEGÕES". 
Meaning:
The bar wavy is a representation of the Paiva River. The crozier is an attribute of St. Martin, the local patron saint. The granaries are symbolising agriculture, especially the production of cereals. They are also a representation of the local historical granaries, see here.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025  
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 11 July 2007 
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025  
Segões was one of the seven communes of Moimenta da Beira Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 101 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2,20 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025  
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