Casével e Vaqueiros United Commune (Portugal) (original) (raw)

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União das Freguesias de Casével e Vaqueiros, Concelho de Santarém, Distrito de Santar

Last modified: 2015-02-28 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: casevel | vaqueiros | base(wavy) | tree | star(5-point) | corn(cob) | quincunx | dove |
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• Introduction
  • Former Casével commune (until 2013)
  • Presentation of Casével
  • Former Vaqueiros commune (until 2013)
  • Presentation of Vaqueiros See also:
• Santarém Municipality
• Portugal

Introduction

The communes of Casével and Vaqueiros merged in 2013.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2015

Former Casével Commune (until 2013)

[](../images/p/pt-strcv-cs.gif)2:3 image by , 16 Feb 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain golden yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Azure, in base a tree eradicated Argent fruited Sable, in central chief five 5-point stars Or in quincunx and flanked by two corn cobs Or leaved of the same. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black initials: "CASÉVEL - SANTARÉM" or simply "CASÉVEL".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2015

Presentation of Casével

Casével Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Santarém Municipality (q.v.); it had 859 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 33,23 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2015

Former Vaqueiros Commune (until 2013)

[](../images/p/pt-strcv-vq.gif)2:3 image by , 16 Feb 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, above the base a yew eradicated Vert between two 5-point stars Gules, in chief the Holy Spirit, realized as a dove Argent nimbed Gules. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black initials: "VAQUEIROS - SANTARÉM".
Meaning:
The Holy Spirit is the patron saint of the commune. The stars are a differenciation of the Coutinho family arms, the arms were inspired by the cover of a rhymes book of Lu�s de Cam�es from 1596. This book was dedicated to Dom Gon�alo Coutinho, Lord of Vaqueiros and protector of the poet. The family arms display five red stars in a golden shield. Draft designed by José Bènard Guedes, the local council and the local parish.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 4 November 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2015

Presentation of Vaqueiros

Vaqueiros Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Santarém Municipality (q.v.); it had 294 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 3.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2015

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