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Rabaçal Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Rabaçal, Concelho de Mêda, Distrito da Guarda

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Mar 2025

Rabaçal Commune

Flag
Coat of Arms
Presentation of Rabaçal

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Rabaçal Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Mar 2025

Coat of Arms

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Mar 2025

Shield Argent, on fess point a roof tile Gules, surrounded by a wreath of fool´s water cress Vert blossomed Or and crossed per saltire in base. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "RABAÇAL - MEDA".
Meaning:
"Rabaçal" is derived from "rabaça", which is probably fool´s water cress (Latin: Apium nodiflorum, but also rapeseed or the leaves of horseradish (Portuguese: rábano)). The wreath is canting.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2017

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 17 November 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2017

Presentation of Rabaçal

is one of the eight communes of Mêda Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 278 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 13,6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Apr 2017

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