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Castro de Avelãs Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Castro de Avelãs, Concelho de Bragança, Distrito de Bragança

Last modified: 2016-08-20 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Castro de Avelãs commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 6 July 2016
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Sources: this webpage and this photo
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 July 2016

Coat of arms

[Castro de Avelãs commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 6 July 2016

Shield Or a fess Sable masoned Argent (it is blazoned as a wall section, but lacks the usual embattlements) and in chief issuant from a cup Gules a serpent Vert eyed and langued Gules and in base a hazel eradicated Vert fruited Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "CASTRO DE AVELÃS".
Meaning:
"Castro de Avelãs" means something like "Fort Hazel"" (literally "castle of hazelnuts"): both concepts are shown in the arms, thus partly canting.
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 July 2016

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: II Série on 29 November 2012
Source: here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 July 2016

Presentation of Castro de Avelãs

Castro de Avelãs Commune is one of the 39 communes of Bragança Municipality; it had 460 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 13.5 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 July 2016

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