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The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2024
![[Candoso commune flag until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vflcc-cd.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Jan 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Jan 2024
![[Candoso commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vflcc-cd).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 5 Jan 2024
Shield Argent an arrow bundle Gules tied Vert flanked in chief by two apples Gules leafed Vert, on fess point an impending egg-shaped boulder Sable, issuant from base a mound Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "CANDOSO - VILA FLOR".
Meaning:
The egg shaped boulder is an actual landmark, Fraga do Ovo; the arrows stand for the local Catholic parish patron St. Sebastian.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Jan 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 16 July 2004
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Jan 2024
Candoso was one of the ten communes of Vila Flor Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 158 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7,08 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Jan 2024
![[Carvalho de Egas commune flag until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vflcc-ce.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Jan 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Jan 2024
![[Carvalho de Egas commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vflcc-ce).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 10 Jan 2024
Shield Vert an oak Or eradicated Argent, flanked by a rope Argent at dexter and a sword of the same hilted Or in pale at sinister. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "CARVALHO DE EGAS".
Meaning:
"Carvalho" means "oak" in Portuguese, meaning these arms are partly canting.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Jan 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 2 February 2006
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Jan 2024
Carvalho de Egas was one of the ten communes of Vila Flor Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 114 inhabitants in 2021 and covered 2,82 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Jan 2024
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