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Caniçada e Soengas United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2018-06-09 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Caniçada e Soengas, Concelho de Vieira do Minho, Distrito de Braga

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Former Caniçada commune (until 2013)

[Caniçada commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by , 26 May 2018

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and white.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 May 2018

Coat of arms

Shield Or with base wavy of Argent and Azure, charged with one fish najant Or, issuant from base a fess Gules masoned Argent, in chief two reeds Vert in saltire, fruited Argent. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) (realised white with reddish lines) and an unusual white scroll with inscription in black capitals "CANIÇADA".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 May 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 November 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 May 2018

Presentation of Caniçada

Caniçada Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vieira do Minho Municipality; it had 455 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 May 2018

Former Soengas commune (until 2013)

[Soengas commune (-2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 1 Mar 2010

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Mar 2010

Coat of arms

[Soengas commune CoA (-2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 1 Mar 2010

The arms are Azure three oak twigs Argent fruited Argents and garnished Vert per fess set in pale and in chief a mitre Or lined and garnished Gules and one a base wavy Argent two barrulets wavy Azure. Mural crown argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SOENGAS".
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Mar 2010

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 18 July 2003
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Mar 2010

Presentation of Soengas

Soengas Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vieira do Minho Municipality; it had 248 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2.2 km². Soenga" is an old Portuguese word meaning barren land.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 May 2018

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