Caria Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Caria, Concelho da Moimenta da Beira, Distrito de Viseu

Last modified: 2025-02-15 by klaus-michael schneider
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Caria Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025

Coat of Arms

Shield Or three pine trees Vert fruited Sable ordered 2:1, on central chief point a heraldic rose Gules seeded Argent and barbed Vert. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "CARIA – MOIMENTA DA BEIRA".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 July 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025

Presentation of Caria

Caria is one of the 13 communes of Moimenta da Beira Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 406 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 15,82 km². It had been seat of a municipality between 1801 and 1855. To that council belonged the communes of Arcozelos, Carregal, Lamosa, Aldeia de Nacomba, Penso and Segões.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Feb 2025

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