Vila Cova à Coelheira Commune (Portugal) (original) (raw)

Vila Cova à Coelheira Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and blue.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 July 2025

Coat of Arms

[[Vila Cova à Coelheira commune CoA].gif)](../images/p/pt-seivc%29.gif)image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 25 July 2025

Shield Azure issuant from flanches and from base wavy Argent, charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, a hump bridge Or masoned Sable, in chief a 5-point estoile Argent. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILA COVA À COELHEIRA - SEIA".
Meaning:
The star on the coat of arms has the same meaning as so many other civic arms in this area — canting for the Star Range (Portuguese: Serra da Estrela). The bridge, markedly assymmetric, is a representation of a local landmark, erroneously named the Roman Bridge (and so blazoned), but built in 1602 here
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 July 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 12 February 2009, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 July 2025

Presentation of Vila Cova à Coelheira

Vila Cova à Coelheira is one of the 14 communes of Seia Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes. It had 355 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 10,0 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 July 2025

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