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Keywords: sao miguel do souto | mosteiro | st.michael | chestnut(tree) | scales | sabot | wheat(ear) | pickaxe |
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Keywords: sao miguel do souto | mosteiro | st.michael | chestnut(tree) | scales | sabot | wheat(ear) | pickaxe |
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The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 June 2024
![[São Miguel do Souto commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-smfsm-ms.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin,
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and yellow.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2016
![[São Miguel do Souto commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-smfsm-ms).jpg)
image located by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2016
Shield Azure, in chief a pair of scales Argent garnished Gules, in base three eradicated chestnut trees Or ordered 2:1 with fruits of the same broken Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "SÃO MIGUEL DE SOUTO".
Meaning:
The arms are canting. Sword and scales are the attributes of St. Michael, patron saint and namegiver of the commune. The three chestnut trees are symbolising a chestnut grove (Portuguese: souto).
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2016
![[São Miguel do Souto commune old CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-smfsm-ms1).jpg)
image located by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2016
Shield Azure, in chief St. Michael, flying and killing the dragon, in dexter base two trees Proper, in sinister base two eagles proper. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "VILA DE S. MIGUEL DE SOUTO".
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2016
New symbols published in Diário da República: II Série on 25 June 2013
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2016
São Miguel do Souto, or simply Souto, Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Santa Maria da Feira Municipality; it had 4696 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 9.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2016
![[Mosteiró commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-smfsm-mo.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2016
Shield Gules, a sabot Argent, in chief three wheat ears Or set in fess, in base two pickaxes Argent hilted Or crossed per saltire. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "MOSTEIRÓ - SANTA MARIA DA FEIRA".
Sources: communal heraldry page and this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2016
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 10 December 2007
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2016
Mosteiró Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Santa Maria da Feira Municipality; it had 2038 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 3.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2016
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