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Barco e Coutada United Commune (Portugal)

União das Freguesias de Barco e Coutada, Concelho da Covilhã, Distrito de Castelo Branco

Last modified: 2014-08-13 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: barco(covilha) | bridge | boat | corn cobs(2) | base(wavy) |
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[Barco commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 21 Jan 2009
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Former Barco Commune (until 2013)

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Jan 2009

Coat of arms

[Barco commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 21 Jan 2009

The arms are Azure concrete (!) three-arch bridge Argent railed Argent and garnished Sable,issuant from a base wavy Argent charged with two barrulets wavy Azure, in chief a boat Argent garnished Sable flanked by two corn cobs Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BARCO - COVILHÃ".
Meaning:
The boat is a canting element, as "barco" is Portuguese for "ship" or "boat".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Jan 2009

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 2004.10.20
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Jan 2009

Presentation of Barco

Barco Commune is one of the 21 communes of Covilhã Municipality (q.v.); it had 576 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 15,18 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Jan 2009

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