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The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 May 2024
![[Sé (Bragança) commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcss-se.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 29 June 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 June 2016
![[Sé (Bragança) commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcss-se).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta,
Shield Azure, a wayside cross Argent, flanked by two 5-point stars Or, in chief a Paschal Lamb couchant, nimbed Or.
Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BRAGANÇA - SÉÉ".
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 June 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 December 1999
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 June 2016
Sé Commune was originally based in one of the two Catholic parishes of the city of Bragança. It was one of the pre-2013 communes of Bragança Municipality; it had 17913 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10.7 km².
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 June 2016
![[Santa Maria (Bragança) commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcss-sm.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 28 June 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 June 2016
![[Santa Maria (Bragança) commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcss-sm).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 28 June 2016
Shield Argent, on a saltire Gules four castles and on its core a representation of the domus municipalis, all these Argent with port and windows Azure, in chief a wreath Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SANTA MARIA - BRAGANÇA".
Meaning:
The red saltire on silver is the basic armourial element of the House of Bragança; the communal arms add to it tokens of local history.
Source:
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 June 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 April 1997. The arms were designed by Luís Moreira, a heraldrist at the Gabinete de Estudos e Projetos de Heráldica Administrativa (GEPHA).
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 June 2016
Santa Maria Commune was originally based in one of the two Catholic parishes of the city of Bragança. It was was one of the pre-2013 communes of Bragança Municipality; it had 3940 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 13.5 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 June 2016
![[Meixedo (Bragança) commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcss-mx.gif)
2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 June 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 June 2016
![[Meixedo (Bragança) commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-bgcss-mx).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 30 June 2016
Shield Argent, two plum tree branches Vert fruited Purpure set in fess, and in chief a saltire couped Azure, in base a dog passant Sable emphasized Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "MEIXEDO - BRAGANÇA".
Meaning:
The word "meixedo" is local/archaic synonym of regular Portuguese for "ameixial", meaning "plum grove"; the plum tree branches are therefore canting.
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 June 2016
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 26 May 2009
Source: here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 June 2016
Meixedo Commune, a rural area to the NorthNorthwest of Bragança city, containing only one settlement, the namesake village, distant less than 5 km from the nearby city centre, was one of the pre-2013 communes of Bragança Municipality; it had 163 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 11.5 km². In 2013 it was merged with the communes of Santa Maria and of Sé (the two urban communes that comprised the city of Bragança and a narrow rural outskirt)
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 June 2016
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