Castrelos e Carrazedo United Commune (Portugal)

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União das Freguesias de Castrelos e Carrazedo, Concelho de Bragança, Distrito de Bragança

• Castrelos e Carrazedo United Commune
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Castrelos e Carrazedo
• Former Castrelos Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Castrelos
• Former Carrazedo Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Carrazedo

• Bragança Municipality
• Portugal
• Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

Castrelos e Carrazedo United Commune<

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Jan 2026

Coat of Arms

Shield Or a church Sable masoned Argent with port and windows Or, in dexter chief a sinister facing sparrow statant Sable garnished Or, in chief sinister a pig Sable statant garnished Or, issuant from flanches and base wavy Argent, charged with a bar wavy Azure, a mound of three coupeaux Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (commune rank) and Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE CASTRELOS E CARRAZEDO".
Meaning:
The mound is taken from the coat of arms of Carrazedo, the sparrow from those of Castrelos — there is a pig now, no cows, and the belfry was replaced by a bellless church façade without bells — even if blazoned as a belfry (Portuguese: campanário_»), it is shown with a door.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Jan 2026

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 10 July 2025 see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Jan 2026

Presentation of Castrelos e Carrazedo

is one of the eight communes of Bragança Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 214 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 50.53 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Jan 2026

Former Castrelos Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Nov 2016

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent; a two-arch bell tower Sable, topped with a cross between two pinnacles, masoned Or and with its bells and their counterweights Vert, in chief three sparrows Sable set in fess, emphasized Or and eyed Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "CASTRELOS"
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Nov 2016

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 21 May 2009, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Nov 2016

Presentation of Castrelos

Castrelos Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Bragança Municipality; it had 127 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 19.0 km².
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Nov 2016

Former Carrazedo Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white and green.
Source: this image
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Nov 2016

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, two cows respectant Sable armed Gules ,in chief a roses wreath Vert flowered Gules, issuant from base a triplemount Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "CARRAZEDO - BRAGANÇA".
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Nov 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 13 February 2007 see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Nov 2016

Presentation of Carrazedo

Carrazedo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Bragança Municipality; it had 114 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 35.5 km².
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Nov 2016