![[Beduído commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-etrbv-bd.gif)
Last modified: 2015-12-15 by klaus-michael schneider
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2:3 image by , 5 Dec 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2015
Shield Or, a scallop Purpure between a cogwheel at dexter and a millstone at sinister, both Azure, in base a bar wavy Azure, issuant from bar a bridge Sable masoned Argent having two archs. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "BEDUÍDO".
Meaning:
The scallop is an attribute of St. James the Elder, the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 28 December 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2015
Beduído Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Caminha Municipality (q.v.); it had 7544 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 20.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Dec 2015
![[Veiros (Estarreja) commune (-2013)]](../images/p/pt-etrbv-ve.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 20 Oct 2008
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Oct 2008
![[Veiros (Estarreja) commune CoA (-2013)]](../images/p/pt-etrbv-ve).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 20 Oct 2008
The arms are Or a fess wavy Vair of three fesses and in chief a book Argent bound Gules charged over all with a knife Gules hilted Sable set in fess, in base a cork oak Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VEIROS - ESTARREJA".
Meaning:
"Veiros" is Portuguese for "vair", the heraldic fur, and, although the exact etym of this toponym is unrelated, the creator of these arms felt the need to make them canting by use of the fess vair. The bloody knife is an attribute of St. Bartholomew, the local patron saint.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Oct 2008
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 1997.02.11.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Oct 2008
Veiros Commune was until 2013 one of the communes of Estarreja Municipality (q.v.); it had 2618 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 11,21 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Oct 2008
Both communes together are forming the City of Estarreja.
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