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Beça Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Beça, Concelho de Boticas, Distrito da Vila Real

Last modified: 2024-06-14 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Beça commune flag] 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 June 2024
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Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 June 2024

Coat of Arms


[ commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 1 June 2024

Shield Azure a fountain Or playing Argent, flanked in chief by two lozenges Argent, issuant from base wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure a four-arch bridge Argent masoned Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll in Bérnard Guedes style reading in black upper case serifed letters "BEÇA - BOTICAS".
Meaning:
Base wavy and bridge refer to the local namesake river Beça, a right bank tributary of the Tâmega River.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 June 2024 / 2 June 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 31 January 2003
António Martins-Tuválkin,

Presentation of Beça

Beça was one of the five communes of Boticas Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 778 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 30,01 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 June 2024

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