Valadares Commune (Portugal) (original) (raw)


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Freguesia de Valadares, Concelho de São Pedro do Sul, Distrito de Viseu

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[[Valadares (São Pedro do Sul) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-spsva.gif)2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 16 Apr 2025

Valadares Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2025

Coat of Arms

[[Valadares (São Pedro do Sul) commune CoA].gif)](../images/p/pt-spsva%29.gif)image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 16 Apr 2025

Shield Argent an orange tree eradicated Vert fructed Proper and issuant from flanches and from base wavy Argent charged with a barrulet Azure a "valley" Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers(village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VALADARES - S. PEDRO DO SUL"
Meaning:
This "valley" element is named such in other Portuguese local arms, notably in those of the municipality of Fundão. In the official blazon of Valadares it is described as a "campaign of two mounds issuant from the base and the flanches, charged in base with three wavy fesses Argent, Azure and Argent". This is so poorly crafted to be confusing, seemingly even also to who penned it, as even the tincture was forgotten.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2025

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 29 October 2012, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2025

Presentation of Valadares

Valadares is one of the ten communes of São Pedro do Sul Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 660 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 16,19 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2025

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