Brunhozinho, Castanheira e Sanhoane United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-06-15 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Brunhozinho, Castanheira e Sanhoane, Concelho de Mogadouro, Distrito de Bragança

• Brunhozinho, Castanheira e Sanhoane United Commune
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Brunhozinho, Castanheira e Sanhoane
• Former Brunhozinho Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Brunhozinho
• Former Castanheira Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Castanheira
• Former Sanhoane Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Sanhoane

• Mogadouro Municipality
• Portugal

Brunhozinho, Castanheira e Sanhoane 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, 14 May 2016

Coat of Arms

Shield Or, an eradicated chestnut tree Sable leafed Vert fruited with chestnuts Vert slit Argent, in chief two sloe boughs Vert leafed of the Same and fruited Gules in saltire. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE BRUNHOZINHO, CASTANHEIRA E SANHOANE".
Meaning:
The sloe boughs are canting for Brunhozinho and the chestnut tree is canting for Castanheira.

António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 May 2016

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 18 June 2014
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 May 2016

Presentation of Brunhozinho, Castanheira e Sanhoane

Brunhozinho, Castanheira e Sanhoane is one of the four communes of Mogadouro Municipality introduced by the 2013 mergers and changes, when it was created anew by adding to the former Sanhoane Commune the other two named communes. As with all new communes named "União das Freguesias de" this merger is expected to be temporary, even if for a long time The new commune covers 42,76 km² and as of 2011 the three former communes had a sum of 289 inhabitants.
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 May 2016

Former Brunhozinho commune (until 2013)

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, 6 May 2016

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure, two branches of damson Argent in saltire fruited Or, in chief a belfry Argent with two bells of the same masoned Sable, in base a cow passant Argent spotted Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "BRUNHOZINHO".
Meaning:
The damson - a kind of plum - branches (Portuguese: abrunho or simply brunho) are canting elements.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Mar 2016

Two spellings circulate, "Brunhozinho" and "Brunhosinho" - these two sound the same for 200,000,000 Portuguese speakers worldwide, but the small minority of speakers, whose dialect does distinguish between [z?] and [z] inhabits mostly the broad area, northern inland Portugal, where this village is located. As said, the toponym stems from "brunho", meaning "damson" (also "sloe" or "blackthorn""), less frequent than its derivative "abrunho" (in turn more often than its own derivative "cabrunho" Depending on the exact etimology of the toponym, each of the two possible spellings may be right and the other wrong: "brunho" + "zinho" is a small blackthorn fruit, while "brunh[o]" + "os[o]" + "inho" is a small blackthorn grove. Given that meaning and the existence of a nearby village named after a non-hypochoristic equivalent, Brunhoso (and such paired toponyms being usual in Portugal), the latter spelling, with "s", is more likely - yet the symbols law above and local use prefer the form with a "z".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 May 2016

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 20 July 2011
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Mar 2016

Presentation of Brunhozinho

Brunhozinho was one of the pre-2013 communes of Mogadouro Municipality; it had 86 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 15.8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Mar 2016

Former Castanheira 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 Mar 2016

Coat of Arms

Shield Or a saltire Gules, over all a chestnut tree Sable eradicated Sable and leaved Vert and emphasized Argent and its fruits Vert and open Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "CASTANHEIRA - MOGADOURO".
Source: this page and this page
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Mar 2016
Meaning:
The saltire is an attribute of St. Andrew, the local patron saint. The chestnut tree (Port.: castanheira) is a canting element.
Sources: this webpage and here
António Martins-Tuválkin,1 Mar 2016 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Mar 2016

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 12 February 2007
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Mar 2016

Presentation of Castanheira

Castanheira was one of the pre-2013 communes of Mogadouro Municipality; it had 77 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 14.3 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Mar 2016

Former Sanhoane commune (until 2013)

Flag

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, 12 May 2016

Coat of Arms

Shield Or, in fess two eradicated chestnut trees Gules leaved and fruited Vert ,in chief a torteau charged with a Paschal Lamb Proper. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "SANHOANE - MOGADOURO".
Meaning:
The word "Sanhoane" means "St. John" (current Port.: "São João") both in Old Portuguese (= Old Galician) and in Old Asturian-Leonese, either relevant for this village. Thus the Paschal Lamb is an attribute of the commune's name giver St. John the Baptist.
Sources: this webpage and here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Mar 2016 and António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 May 2016

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 22 April 2003
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 May 2016

Presentation of Sanhoane

Sanhoane was one of the pre-2013 communes of Mogadouro Municipality; it had 126 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 12.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 Mar 2016

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